[Intestinal obstruction caused by foreign body in a patient with colon neoplasm]

S Zabala; E Insignares; J M Miguelena; J L Hortells; G Laguens

[Intestinal obstruction caused by foreign body in a patient with colon neoplasm]

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1991 May;79(5):359-60.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

S Zabala¹, E Insignares, J M Miguelena, J L Hortells, G Laguens

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna y Cirugía A, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza.

PMID: 1867925

Abstract

A case of intestinal obstruction due to ingested "foreign body" (a patient's tooth) is described in an elderly man with cancer of the ascending colon, at that time, without clinical symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colon*
Colonic Neoplasms / complications*
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Male