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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bouali, Mounir, Ballati, Ahmed, El Bakouri, Abdelilah, Elhattabi, Khalid, Bensardi, Fatimazahra, Fadil, Abdelaziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.048
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Sumario: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.

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