Phytobezoar: An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction
| Autor: | Fatimazahra Bensardi, Ahmed Ballati, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah El Bakouri, Abdelaziz Fadil, Khalid Elhattabi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Case Report Postoperative recovery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perforated gastric ulcer Truncal vagotomy medicine Past medical history Gastrointestinal tract business.industry Phytobezoar Small bowel obstruction Acute surgical abdomen General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease digestive system diseases Surgery Bowel obstruction Gastric surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Medicine and Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2049-0801 |
| Popis: | Phytobezoars are concretions of indigested fruit and vegetables fibers in the gastrointestinal tract. The past of gastric surgery is most common risk factor of phytobezoar. We present the case of a 39-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and who presented with small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar, her past medical history was marqued by truncal vagotomy and simple suture recurrent perforated gastric ulcer 15 years earlier. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful. Highlights • The phytobezoar are concretion on undigested fruits and vegetables fibers in the gastrointestinal tract. • The occurrence of small bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar is extremely rare. • The past of gastric surgery is most commun factor of phytobezoar. |
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