title: Duodenal phytobezoar: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Phytobezoars are an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. We report a case of small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar in a 63 year-old female patient who had undergone gastric surgery (truncal vagotomy with pyloroplasty) for duodenal ulcer disease complicated by gastric outlet obstruction 10 years ago. We diagnosed this bezoar case by radiologic methods and these methods keep their importance for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction with phytobezoars.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Specialist Hospital, Department of Radiology, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Calikoglu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olçer
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography