Case report—An unusual diagnosis of a gastric phytobezoar in a middle‐aged woman

A gastric phytobezoar is an uncommon finding. The most frequent symptoms are dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting (Gastroenterology Report, 7, 2019, 74). It is an important differential to remember in patients with risk factors for developing phytobezoars because phytobezoars can be manag...

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Autores principales: Chineka, Rumbidzai, Mukosera, Tongesai, Dzvanga, Narcisious, Gwanda, Brian
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8133075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4077
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description A gastric phytobezoar is an uncommon finding. The most frequent symptoms are dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting (Gastroenterology Report, 7, 2019, 74). It is an important differential to remember in patients with risk factors for developing phytobezoars because phytobezoars can be managed conservatively in most cases.
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spelling pubmed-81330752021-05-21 Case report—An unusual diagnosis of a gastric phytobezoar in a middle‐aged woman Chineka, Rumbidzai Mukosera, Tongesai Dzvanga, Narcisious Gwanda, Brian Clin Case Rep Case Reports A gastric phytobezoar is an uncommon finding. The most frequent symptoms are dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting (Gastroenterology Report, 7, 2019, 74). It is an important differential to remember in patients with risk factors for developing phytobezoars because phytobezoars can be managed conservatively in most cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8133075/ /pubmed/34026134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4077 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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