Potato crisp consumption without pancreatic enzyme supplementation has been reported to cause distal intestinal obstruction in patients with cystic fibrosis. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Potato crisps without pancreatic extracts supplements: a potential cause of the distal intestinal obstruction in cystic fibrosis.
Eur J Pediatr. 2007 Sep;166(9):969-70. Epub 2006 Nov 24. PMID: 17124589
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Puskinova 6, Olomouc, Czech Republic. [email protected]
Three cases of the distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) are reported to be caused by a consumption of potato crisps without appropriate pancreatic enzyme supplements.