Phytobezoar induced small bowel obstruction: an uncommon cause of intestinal occlusion
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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: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2349-2902,2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20201886