Phytobezoars: a revisit to an unusual cause of acute small bowel obstruction.
Phytobezoars or undigested food concretions in the gastrointestinal tract are mostly due to ingestion of astringent immature fruits following gastric surgery and can lead to the serious complication of acute small bowel obstruction. We are reporting a case of acute small bowel obstruction in a 40 year old Turkish male, 48 months following bilateral vagotomy and pyloroplasty. Important clinical pathological features are emphasised to increase the awareness of this rather uncommon cause of acute intestinal obstruction.
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College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000209:etiology*; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*