PMC9039633_01
Plain abdominal radiography (A); air-fluid levels consistent with mechanical intestinal obstruction, abdominal computed tomography examination (B); the appearance of a foreign body (bezoar) in the diverticulum of the bowel wall in the small bowel segments matching the ileum, the small bowel dilatation proximal to this level, and the small bowel feces within the dilated small bowel segments just proximal to the obstruction level.
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F1
Conventional abdominal X-ray showed air-fluid levels consistent with mechanical intestinal obstruction (Fig. 1A). Proximal to this level, it was determined that there was thin barred dilatation and that the obstruction level had the appearance of small intestine feces within the dilated small bowel segments just proximal (Fig. 1B).
Surgical findings; Meckel's diverticulum filled with bezoars.
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F2
In the abdominal exploration of the patient who underwent emergency surgery with a preliminary diagnosis of mechanical intestinal obstruction; Meckel's diverticulum was found to be 60 cm proximal the ileocecal valve, and the bezoar in the diverticulum was pressured to the intestinal lumen to cause obstruction (Fig. 2).
PMC9039633_02
Plain abdominal radiography (A); air-fluid levels consistent with mechanical intestinal obstruction, abdominal computed tomography examination (B); oval-shaped lesion in the small intestine lumen at the level of the ileum, containing air beads (compatible with bezoar), causing obstruction.
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Conventional abdominal X-ray showed air-fluid levels consistent with mechanical intestinal obstruction (Fig. 3A). In abdominal CT examination; in the small intestine lumen at the ileum level, an oval-shaped lesion with air beads (compatible with the bezoar) causing obstruction was detected (Fig. 3B). In the abdominal exploration of the patient who underwent emergency surgery with a preliminary diagnosis of mechanical intestinal obstruction; Meckel's diverticulum was found 60 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve and the bezoar in the diverticulum caused congestion by compressing the intestinal lumen due to the mass effect (Fig. 3).