[Shall bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar. Case report].
Bezoars are masses of indigestible material which form in the stomach. Their genesis depends on the kind of food ingested, on the presence of anomalies of the small bowel and on psychiatric disturbs. Phytobezoar rarely causes bowel obstruction and its most frequent location is the ileocecal valve. The risk increases in those patients who have undergone gastric surgery or present a reduced masticatory ability. Moreover, the genesis can be also caused by endocrine disorders.
Toccaceli
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Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale, U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale M, Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma.
Donfrancesco
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Stella
L Persico
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Diana
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Dandolo
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Di Schino
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D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome