Acute small bowel obstruction in a child with a strict raw vegan diet

Arch Dis Child. 2019 Aug;104(8):815. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314910. Epub 2018 May 14.

Authors

Stefano Amoroso¹, Maria-Grazia Scarpa², Federico Poropat³, Rita Giorgi³, Flora Maria Murru⁴, Egidio Barbi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.

PMID: 29760008
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314910

No abstract available

Keywords: bezoar; small bowel obstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bezoars / complications
Bezoars / diagnosis*
Bezoars / diagnostic imaging
Bezoars / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Diet, Vegan / adverse effects*
Humans
Infant
Intestinal Obstruction / complications
Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis*
Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
Intestine, Small*
Male
Vomiting / etiology