Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades

Gastrointestinal bezoars are a concretion of indigested material that can be found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and some animals. This material forms an intraluminal mass, more commonly located in the stomach. During a large period of history animal bezoars were considered antidotes to po...

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Autor principal:	Espinoza González,Ricardo
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2016
Materias:	Bezoars Gastric Outlet Obstruction History of Medicine Intestinal Obstruction
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720160008000162016-12-21Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidadesEspinoza González,Ricardo Bezoars Gastric Outlet Obstruction History of Medicine Intestinal Obstruction Gastrointestinal bezoars are a concretion of indigested material that can be found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and some animals. This material forms an intraluminal mass, more commonly located in the stomach. During a large period of history animal bezoars were considered antidotes to poisons and diseases. We report a historical overview since bezoars stones were thought to have medicinal properties. This magic conception was introduced in South America by Spanish conquerors. In Chile, bezoars are commonly found in a camelid named guanaco (Lama guanicoe). People at Central Chile and the Patagonia believed that bezoar stones had magical properties and they were traded at very high prices. In Santiago, during the eighteenth century the Jesuit apothecary sold preparations of bezoar stones. The human bezoars may be formed by non-digestible material like cellulose (phytobezoar), hair (trichobezoar), conglomerations of medications or his vehicles (pharmacobezoar or medication bezoar), milk and mucus component (lactobezoar) or other varieties of substances. This condition may be asymptomatic or can produce abdominal pain, ulceration, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric outlet obstruction, perforation and mechanical intestinal obstruction. We report their classification, diagnostic modalities and treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.144 n.8 20162016-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000800016es10.4067/S0034-98872016000800016
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topic	Bezoars Gastric Outlet Obstruction History of Medicine Intestinal Obstruction
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description	Gastrointestinal bezoars are a concretion of indigested material that can be found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and some animals. This material forms an intraluminal mass, more commonly located in the stomach. During a large period of history animal bezoars were considered antidotes to poisons and diseases. We report a historical overview since bezoars stones were thought to have medicinal properties. This magic conception was introduced in South America by Spanish conquerors. In Chile, bezoars are commonly found in a camelid named guanaco (Lama guanicoe). People at Central Chile and the Patagonia believed that bezoar stones had magical properties and they were traded at very high prices. In Santiago, during the eighteenth century the Jesuit apothecary sold preparations of bezoar stones. The human bezoars may be formed by non-digestible material like cellulose (phytobezoar), hair (trichobezoar), conglomerations of medications or his vehicles (pharmacobezoar or medication bezoar), milk and mucus component (lactobezoar) or other varieties of substances. This condition may be asymptomatic or can produce abdominal pain, ulceration, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric outlet obstruction, perforation and mechanical intestinal obstruction. We report their classification, diagnostic modalities and treatment.
author	Espinoza González,Ricardo
author_facet	Espinoza González,Ricardo
author_sort	Espinoza González,Ricardo
title	Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
title_short	Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
title_full	Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
title_fullStr	Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
title_full_unstemmed	Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
title_sort	bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2016
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Bezoares gastrointestinales: mitos y realidades

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