AUTHOR=Chacko Archana , Masters Brent I. , Isles Alan TITLE=Giant Gastric Bezoar Complicating Congenital Esophageal Atresia Repaired by Gastric Interposition—A Case Report JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=5 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2017.00098 DOI=10.3389/fped.2017.00098 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

We describe a giant gastric phytobezoar in a child with repaired congenital esophageal atresia. At age two, a gastric interposition (pull-up) procedure was performed for severe and recurrent esophageal strictures. For 12 months post-gastric interposition, he experienced frequent respiratory illnesses requiring hospital admissions but it was not initially appreciated that these episodes were likely secondary to recurrent aspiration from a gastric bezoar with “spill-over” aspiration.