Abbas Tariq O
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Oman Med J. 2011 Mar;26(2):127-8. doi: 10.5001/omj.2011.31.
Bezoars are concretions of swallowed hair, fruit vegetable fibers, and similar substances found in the alimentary canal. The first description of a postmortem human bezoar was by Swain in 1854. Although the prevalence of bezoars in humans is low, an absence of treatment has been associated with mortality rates as high as 30%, primarily because of gastrointestinal bleeding, destruction, or perforation.
胃石是在消化道中发现的由吞咽的毛发、果蔬纤维及类似物质形成的凝结物。1854年，斯温首次描述了人体死后发现的胃石。尽管胃石在人类中的发病率较低，但未经治疗与高达30%的死亡率相关，主要原因是胃肠道出血、破坏或穿孔。
