title: Gastric phytobezoar: unusual association and resolution.
abstract: A 58 year old man underwent a laparotomy for intestinal obstruction, which proved to be due to intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Following a slow postoperative course, he was discovered to have a gastric phytobezoar. The association between bezoars and pseudo-obstruction has not been previously described, but might be expected. The gastric phytobezoar could not be fragmented mechanically, but it completely disappeared when enteral feeding was commenced. The possibility of a future role of enteral feeding in this situation is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haddock
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Aitken
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach