Small Bowel Obstruction Induced by Phytobezoar: A Case Report in Innocent Abdomen and Literature Review
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Phytobezoar: a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction in an innocent abdomen.
Bezoars are abnormal concretions of indigestible organic material in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. They are named according to the predominant component material, for example, hair-trichobezoar and plant substancephytobezoar. Trichobezoars are the commonest type of bezoars. Phytobezoar is a rare type of intestinal bezoar and is defined as a compact mass of fibers, peels, seeds, leave...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Science
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2157-9407,2157-9415
DOI: 10.4236/ss.2021.126020