Giant granadilla’s seeds phytobezoar rectal impactation: a very unusual case of intestinal obstruction
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Phytobezoar: an unusual cause of intestinal obstruction
Small bowel phytobezoars are rare and almost always obstructive. There have been previously reported cases of phytobezoars in the literature, however there are few reports on radiological findings for small bowel bezoars. Barium studies characteristically show an intraluminal filling defect of variable size that is not fixed to the bowel wall with barium filling the interstices giving a mottled...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223176