24 November 2025
: Case report 
Bowel Obstruction Caused by Migration of an Intra-Gastric Balloon: A Rare Case Treated Laparoscopically
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease
ٍSaeed Abdulrahman Alghamdi
ACEF 1, Yara Adel Alhomaidi CEF 1, Nora Nasser Alqaoud ABC 1, Alya Faisal Alsharif BE 1, Ali Mohammed Alzahrani ADF 1, Rami Abdulrahman Sairafi ACF 1*
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.948244
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e948244
Figure 1 Coronal abdominal computed tomography (CT) imaging identifies small bowel obstruction and a retained deflated intra-gastric balloon. Imaging shows dilated loops of small bowel. The retained deflated intra-gastric balloon is identified in the distal ileum (yellow arrow) with dilatation of the proximal small bowel.