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Bezoar
Definition:
(n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of the remaining six patients, it was achieved by intraoperative milking of the gastric bezoar into the small bowel in two patients and by conservative treatment in four patients.
(2) Three (13.6%) of 22 patients available for follow-up had multiple episodes of bezoar formation.
(3) A specific form of phytobezoar in goats and sheep is described with regard to epizootology, symptomatology, gross pathology, and gross morphology of the bezoars.
(4) No differences were found when results were compared with those of operated patients without bezoars.
(5) Ash, nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc concentrations in both bezoars and plant material were similar, but very different to that of mohair; however, the calcium, magnesium, potassium and manganese levels of bezoars were more similar to mohair than plant matter.
(6) The bezoars were composed of vegatable material from either a tuber or rhizome.
(7) In retrospect, a computed tomographic (CT) scan had demonstrated the bezoar as a high density intraluminal mass surrounded by somewhat less dense contrast material distending the bowel.
(8) The postgastrectomy state predisposes to bezoar formation.
(9) We report a premature infant who developed anuria associated with bilateral candidal bezoar formation in the renal collecting system.
(10) All patients but three underwent enterotomy, gastrotomy, or enterotomy combined with gastrotomy for bezoar removal.
(11) This device can be employed for the removal of bezoars, foreign bodies, and multiple polyps.
(12) Gastric bezoar was confidently diagnosed based on these findings.
(13) The following parameters were studied: factors predisposing to bezoar formation (type of previous surgery, alimentation, and mastication), form of clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, and treatment.
(14) There was a single location of the bezoar in 85% and multiple locations in 15% at operation.
(15) The main exploratory technique for diagnosing cases of gastric bezoar was endoscopy.
(16) Yeast bezoars usually appear within a year of the operation.
(17) We report two additional cases with severe undernutrition and bezoar.
(18) Bezoar formed of Geotrichum candidum was fragmentated with biopsical forceps of "alligator" type.
(19) A rare type of bezoar composed of coconut matting was found in the stomach of a caucasian man.
(20) Intestinal bezoars can be treated by long-tube and enzyme instillation but usually require laparotomy.