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Phytobezoar in a jejunal diverticulum as a cause of small bowel obstruction: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Phytobezoars are concretions of poorly digested fruit and vegetable fibers found in the alimentary tract. Previous gastric resection, gastrojejunostomy, or pyloroplasty predispose people to bezoar formation. Small-bowel bezoars normally come from the stomach, and primary small-bowel be...

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Autores principales: Tayeb, Mohammad, Khan, Faiz Mohammad, Rauf, Fozia, Khan, M Mumtaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21951579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-482