Giant bezoar: young Rapunzel

Surgeons and radiologists encounter a challenge regarding the type of diagnostic imaging techniques to use when faced with a possible small bowel obstruction (SBO). However, with a sensitivity of 82%–100% for high-grade and complete SBOs, multidetector CT is the preferred imaging method.1 2 A high-grade obstruction can be identified by the degree of distal collapse, proximal bowel dilation and small bowel faeces sign.2 3 The transition point is defined by a calibre …