Phytobezoar: An unusual cause of small bowel 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: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.048