Savory satisfaction can lead to lower gastrointestinal impaction
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The differential diagnosis for constipation is large and includes many common diagnoses as well asother unusual ones. Bezoars are one of the diagnostic "zebras" that we do not think of frequently.Bezoars are foreign material masses that are formed in the gastrointestinal tract following ingestionof indigestible substances. Bezoars can occur anywhere in the stomach, although they typically are found in either the stomach or the rectum. Bezoars can be made of many different substances, including hair (trichobezoar), medications (pharmacobezoars), milk (lactobezoar), and plant material (phytobezoar). We report a case of a young woman presenting with constipation who was found to have a sunflower seed bezoar.
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