Small-bowel obstruction owing to kitchen sponge eating as a pica behavior: A case report

Rika Yoshida, MD; Shota Tanaka, MD; Takeshi Yoshizako, MD; Shinji Ando, MD; Hidemitsu Mukumoto, MD; Yoshikazu Takinami, MD; Hajime Kitagaki, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Sep 2019)

Small-bowel obstruction owing to kitchen sponge eating as a pica behavior: A case report

Rika Yoshida, MD,
Shota Tanaka, MD,
Takeshi Yoshizako, MD,
Shinji Ando, MD,
Hidemitsu Mukumoto, MD,
Yoshikazu Takinami, MD,
Hajime Kitagaki, MD

Affiliations

Rika Yoshida, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; Corresponding author.
Shota Tanaka, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Department of Radiology, Shimane, Japan
Takeshi Yoshizako, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
Shinji Ando, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Department of Radiology, Shimane, Japan
Hidemitsu Mukumoto, MD: Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Department of Radiology, Shimane, Japan
Yoshikazu Takinami, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Hajime Kitagaki, MD: Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 9
pp. 1100 – 1102

Abstract

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Small-bowel feces sign is useful to detect the corresponding site of stenosis or obstruction in patients with moderate and high degrees of small-bowel obstruction. The CT findings of kitchen sponge are very similar to small-bowel feces sign. With careful image interpretation, it is possible to judge whether the cause of obstruction is sponge. We report a case of a 26-year-old man small-bowel obstruction due to kitchen sponge eating as pica behavior, focusing on image findings. Keywords: CT, Small-bowel obstructions, Pica, Sponge eating

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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