PMC165420_01
Endocopy (a) obstruction of the lower third of the esophagus due to a bezoar; (b) removal of the esophageal bezoar with a Dormia-basket.
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F1
Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), which showed a foreign body (dimensions: 1.5 cm long, 2.8 cm in diameter), which was then endoscopically removed using a dormia basket (Fig. 1).
The entire bezoar (a) esophageal; (b) intestinal.
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F2
Pathological examination reported that the removed foreign body consisted of wood dust (Fig. 2a). Pathological examination of the foreign body revealed a composition similar to that removed from the esophagus (Fig. 2b).
Enterotomy
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F3
The laparotomy revealed a complete distal ileal obstruction secondary to a solid intraluminal foreign body (dimension 9.0 cm long, 2.9 cm in diameter), which was removed through an enterotomy (Figs. 3 and 4).
Removal of the intestinal bezoar
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F4
The laparotomy revealed a complete distal ileal obstruction secondary to a solid intraluminal foreign body (dimension 9.0 cm long, 2.9 cm in diameter), which was removed through an enterotomy (Figs. 3 and 4).