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. 2023 Oct-Dec;19(4):552-554.
doi: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_266_22.

Laparoscopic management of rare smoked dry pork bezoar in the stomach

Subhash Khanna  1 , Areendam Barua  1 , Supriya Choudhury  1
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Laparoscopic management of rare smoked dry pork bezoar in the stomach

Subhash Khanna et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2023 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Medical literature recognise only 4 types of bezoar - phytobezoar, trichobezoar, lactobezoar and pharmacobezoar. Here, we discuss a new unique type of bezoar composed of undigested dry pork. A 58-year-old male patient from Nagaland, India, presented with intermittent symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction and pain abdomen. On clinical examination, he was found to have an epigastric lump. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed an undigested ball of swallowed meat at the pylorus and later at the fundus on repeat endoscopy just before the surgical intervention. Endoscopic mechanical fragmentation was tried, but owing to the large size and hard sticky consistency of the bezoar, fragmentation was not feasible. Due to persistent pain abdomen and clinical gastric outlet obstruction, a decision for operative intervention was taken. He finally underwent laparoscopic anterior gastrotomy and evacuation of the bezoar. The post-operative course was uneventful, and the patient went home symptom free on the 5th post-operative day.

Keywords: Bezoar; gastric outlet obstruction; laparoscopic bezoar surgery.

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Figures

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Figure 1
CECT with oral contrast showing bezoar in the stomach. CECT: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography
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Figure 2
Upper GI endoscopy showing stomach bezoar. GI: Gastrointestinal
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Figure 3
Laparoscopic view of the bezoar through gastrotomy
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