A previously healthy 39-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe rectal pain and 3 days of constipation after ingesting large quantities of raw pumpkin seeds with intact shells ...

Bezoar-induced gastrointestinal obstruction arises when conglomerates of indigestible substances accumulate within the digestive tract. Four principal types are recognised: phytobezoars composed of ...

To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previously published reports in the medical literature of phytobezoars in patients with Noonan syndrome. This case represents what may be an ...

Folks can treasure strange things--even things that originated in people or animal innards, sometimes causing excruciating pain and complications in the unfortunates who grew them. Take bezoars, slimy ...

Ingested seeds are small enough to pass through the pylorus and ileocecal valve, and resulting seed bezoars often accumulate in the distal colon or rectum, where they can cause substantial pain and ...

This is not my usual subject matter, but inquiring minds wanted to know, and I'm here to answer. I got this message from a reader, "We were talking about bezoars: what they are and how you get them.