Intestinal perforation due to phytobezoar obstruction: a case report.
Phytobezoars are uncommon causes of acute abdomen. We report a patient who presented with acute abdomen and who was intra-operatively diagnosed as having a small intestinal perforation due to an intestinal phytobezoar.
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Department of General Surgery, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Moralioğlu
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Menteş
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D000368:Aged; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014675:Vegetables