Medical Oddities: Not a feces sign, a wine cork

Imaging twists, intimacy rules, kombucha, and stress biology keep science delightfully odd.

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A 25-year-old man with chronic psychosis presented with acute small bowel obstruction and was found to have wine cork fragments in his ileum and stomach.
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Initial CT imaging misidentified the intraluminal mass as a classic 'small bowel feces sign' due to its gas-mottled appearance.
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Differentiating between a feces sign and a discrete mass is crucial for diagnosis and treatment in cases of bowel obstruction.
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Surgical exploration confirmed the presence of wine-bottle cork fragments without underlying strictures or bowel ischemia.
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This case highlights the unexpected nature of surgical findings and the importance of accurate imaging interpretation.

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