Phytobezoar: An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction

Phytobezoars are concretions of indigested fruit and vegetables fibers in the gastrointestinal tract. The past of gastric surgery is most common risk factor of phytobezoar. We present the case of a 39-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and who presented with small bowel obstruc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 2021, Vol.62, p.323-325
Hauptverfasser: Bouali, Mounir, Ballati, Ahmed, El Bakouri, Abdelilah, Elhattabi, Khalid, Bensardi, Fatimazahra, Fadil, Abdelaziz
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Phytobezoars are concretions of indigested fruit and vegetables fibers in the gastrointestinal tract. The past of gastric surgery is most common risk factor of phytobezoar. We present the case of a 39-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and who presented with small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar, her past medical history was marqued by truncal vagotomy and simple suture recurrent perforated gastric ulcer 15 years earlier. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful.
ISSN:2049-0801
2049-0801
DOI:10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.048