*Corresponding Author: Sunita Singh, Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, U.P., India.

Received: June 03, 2024; Published: June 28, 2024

Abstract

The compulsive eating of non-food items can lead to many complications. The undigested or poorly digested non-food items can form various types of bezoars. These bezoars usually presents with features of upper gastrointestinal obstruction. We discussed a rare case of distal colonic obstruction in a child by rectal impaction of phramocobezoare. The child was successfully managed without laparotomy.

Keywords: Bezoars; Chalkolith; Children; Colonic Bezoar; Colonic Obstruction; Geophagy; Geophagia; Pica; Paediatric Colonic Obstruction; Pharmacobezoar

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Citation

Citation: Sunita Singh. “Acute Colonic Obstruction Due to Rare Pharmacobezoar (Chalkolith) in an Adolescent Girl: An Unusual Complication of Pica".Acta Scientific Paediatrics 7.2 (2024): 10-13.

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Copyright: © 2024 Sunita Singh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.