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Glass Microparticulate Ingestion: An Unusual and Difficult-to-Diagnose Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain.
Vance, R Brooks; Mühlbauer, Marcus; Dreesen, Elizabeth B; Bagnell, C Robert; Dent, Georgette A; Herfarth, Hans; Jobin, Christian; Dellon, Evan S.
  • Vance RB; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Mühlbauer M; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Dreesen EB; Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Bagnell CR; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Dent GA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Herfarth H; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Jobin C; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Dellon ES; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
ACG Case Rep J ; 1(3): 137-9, 2014 Apr.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26157853
ABSTRACT
In the absence of overt structural abnormalities, the diagnostic approach to chronic abdominal pain can be challenging. Occupational particulate inhalation causing injury to an organ other than the lung is rare. We report a case of inadvertent glass microparticulate ingestion causing chronic abdominal pain with altered local and systemic inflammatory responses.

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article