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Table 5 Differential diagnosis of gastric lactobezoar

From: Gastric lactobezoar - a rare disorder?

Gastrointestinal obstruction

Other types of gastric bezoar

Intestinal or colonic bezoar

Pyloric stenosis

Intestinal stenosis/atresia

Paralytic ileus

Meconiumileus

Volvulus

Intussusception

Tumors

Tumor of the liver

Tumor of the kidney

Neuroblastoma

GI-lymphoma

Respiratory

Infant respiratory distress syndrome

Pneumonia

Pneumothorax

Diaphragmatic hernia

Cardiocirculatory

Cardiac malformation

Cardiac insufficiency

Sepsis

Inadequate supply of fluids