Bezoars — is it the problem of only nephrologist?

Abstract

Bezoars are round balls created from conglomeration of extraneous bodies or even food rests. They occur mostly in alimentary track, in the stomach. Sometimes, in the course of fungal infection of urinary track, these round structures can be formed within urine system, as well. Bezoars are the result of associated fungal infection and in consequence hyphae deposition and clumping in urinary track. The most common is the occurrence of bezoars in patients, which are in strong immunosuppression, taking long-term antibiotic therapy or suffering on chronic metabolic diseases which worsen human immunity. In this paper authors present some clinical cases of presence of bezoars in urinary track. Moreover risk factors and treatment of this state have been also described.