Invading plant material appearing as a colonic tumoural mass in a four-year-old girl

Abstract

In this article, we report the invasive behaviour of a plant, not described before, which elicited a severe inflammatory response in the colonic wall, and was clinically diagnosed as a mass lesion in a four-year-old girl. Although rectal bezoars are the most frequent complications of ingested dried seeds, this plant behaviour should also be borne in mind in rare occassions. © 2009, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.