Wild banana seed Phytobezoar Rectal impaction causing intestinal obstruction

• Main Authors: Feng, Yih Chai, Heng, Sophia Si Ling, Siti Mohd Desa Asilah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer India 2015
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18479/1/Wild%20banana%20seed%20Phytobezoar%20Rectal%20impaction%20causing%20intestinal%20obstruction.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18479/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1411-8
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Wild banana (Musa acuminata subsp. microcarpa) seed phytobezoar rectal impaction in adult is a rare entity. Here, we report a 75-year-old male with dementia who presented with lower abdominal pain, per-rectal bleeding and overflow faecal incontinence. Our investigation discovered a large wild banana...