Paper Pica: An unusual cause of Colonic ischemia

Konstantinos Spaniolas; Stephen Ou; Jennifer Findeis-Hosey; John R.T. Monson; Rabih Salloum

doi:10.1007/s11605-009-1092-3

Paper Pica: An unusual cause of Colonic ischemia

Konstantinos Spaniolas
, Stephen Ou
, Jennifer Findeis-Hosey
, John R.T. Monson
, Rabih Salloum

Surgery

University of Rochester

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Introduction: Pica as an eating disorder is uncommonly associated with surgical complications. Paper as the consumed substance has been previously reported twice in the literature. Discussion: We present a case of bowel obstruction and ischemia secondary to paper pica. The pathophysiology, histology, and characteristics of this entity are presented, and emphasis is placed on clinical suspicion in patients with psychiatric history.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1065-1066
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-1092-3
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Bezoar
Bowel obstruction
Colonic ischemia
Paper pica

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