Abstract
The “bezoar” are conglomerates of inedible materials ingest¬ed voluntarily or involuntarily, which are not digested and are unable to pass through the intestinal tract. They mainly affect young women or adolescents who present the phenomenon called “pica”, despite the fact that a high prevalence of this phenomenon of “pica” has been registered in patients with chronic kidney disease, it has been little studied. Clinical case: A 35-year-old male with CKD KDIGO-5 under¬going peritoneal dialysis treatment, which was found to have a transoperative “plastic bezoar” (laparotomy for intestinal occlusion) 10 cm from the ileocecal valve. The patient died due to complications of his pathology. Discussion: the clinical case raises the need to search for behaviors such as pica in patients with CKD, as well as to develop the suspicion to the surgeon, since patients generally hide or ignore reporting foreign material phagia. Keywords: Plastic Bezoar, Intestinal Occlusion, Chronic Kidney Disease, pica, dialysis
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