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Images in medicine
Unusual ileus due to calcium polystyrene sulfonate
  1. Li-Ta Keng,
  2. Ping-Hsien Tsou
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Li-Ta Keng, No.25, Lane 442, Sec. 1, Jingguo Rd., Hsinchu City 30059, Taiwan; ltkeng{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134107

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    • Contributors L-TK for drafting the manuscript. P-HT for image preparation and revising the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.