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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul 12;2014(4):80-2.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omu031. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Recurrent gastric lactobezoar in an infant

Leonor Castro  1 , Alberto Berenguer  1 , Carla Pilar  1 , Rute Gonçalves  1 , José L Nunes  1
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Case Reports

Recurrent gastric lactobezoar in an infant

Leonor Castro et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .

Abstract

Lactobezoars are a type of bezoar composed of undigested milk and mucus. The aetiology is likely multifactorial, being classically described in association with pre-term, low-birth weight infants fed with hyperconcentrated formula. The authors present a case of lactobezoar recurrence in a pre-term infant with oesophageal atresia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of recurrence of lactobezoar.

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Figure 1:
Plain chest X-ray showing curled back orogastric tube at proximal oesophagus (arrow).
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Abdominal X-ray showing an opaque gastric mass with a mosque pattern, outlined by intraluminal air (arrow).
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Figure 3:
Abdominal ultrasound showing echogenic gastric air trapping within an intra-gastric mass (arrow).
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Figure 4:
Gastric lactobezoar revealed during exploratory laparotomy (arrow).
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