Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar

Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar

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Preadeepan Vetpillai,1 Ayo Oshowo21CT2 Surgery in General, Charing Cross Hospital, 2Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Door Locking Whittington Hospital, London, UKAbstract: Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract.We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history Tulip Knob who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone.Keywords: small bowel obstruction, chicken bone, bezoar.