BEZOARS
Authors: A E HALEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 January 1957BEZOARSARVEL E. HALEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.ARVEL E. HALEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-1-30 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBezoars, although fairly rare, are likely to pose clinical problems when they enter into the differential diagnosis of disorders causing abdominal pain, or when they are encountered by chance in x-ray examinations of the abdomen. Reports of bezoars have appeared periodically in the literature since the first case in man was described by M. Baudamant in Paris in 1779.1A bezoar is a bulky mass of a type of foreign material occurring in the stomach or intestine of man or animal. It is prone to be a cause of acute or chronic disease as a result of impairment of the...Bibliography1. Matas R: Hair balls or hair casts of the stomach and gastro-intestinal tract, South. Surgeon 27: 572-607, 1914. Google Scholar2. HurwitzMcClenney SPF: Trichobezoar in children, Am. J. Dis. Child. 81: 753-761 (June) 1951. Google Scholar3. DeBakeyOchsner MAO: Bezoars and concretions, Surgery 4: 934-963 (Dec.) 1938. Google Scholar4. DeBakeyOchsner MAO: Bezoars and concretions, Surgery 5: 132-160 (Jan.) 1939. Google Scholar5. O'Leary CM: Diospyrosbezoar, Arch. Surg. 66: 857-868, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Inlow HH: Shellac bezoars, Radiology 34: 618, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Benell OE: Silicobezoar, report of a case, Am. J. Roentgenol. 68: 639-643 (Oct.) 1952. Google Scholar8. StalkerGotham LKIJ: Small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar, New York State J. Med. 50: 1614 (July 1) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. TondreauKirklin RLBR: Symposium on abdominal surgery; bezoars of stomach, S. Clin. North America 30: 1097-1108 (Aug.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Dallas, Texas*Received for publication May 2, 1956.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas, and the Department of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, Texas.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Arvel E. Haley, M.D., 201 West Tenth Street, Dallas-8, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGastric trichobezoar as a manifestation of child abuse 1 1The assertions and opinions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.Postoperative Bezoars (Persimmon and Others): Further ConsiderationsEsophageal obstruction by phytobezoarBezoars—A complication of the postgastrectomy statePhytobezoar and gastroscopic observationThree Unusual Cases of TrichobezoarSHELLAC BEZOAR 1 January 1957Volume 46, Issue 1Page: 30-42KeywordsAbdominal painAnemiaHemorrhageHospital medicineIngestionStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...