%0 Journal Article %T Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar %A Vetpillai P %A Oshowo A %J International Medical Case Reports Journal %D 2012 %I Dove Medical Press %X Preadeepan Vetpillai,1 Ayo Oshowo21CT2 Surgery in General, Charing Cross Hospital, 2Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Whittington Hospital, London, UKAbstract: Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone.Keywords: small bowel obstruction, chicken bone, bezoar %U http://www.dovepress.com/acute-small-bowel-obstruction-due-to-chicken-bone-bezoar-a11667