title: How could such a wide piece of tree root pass through the narrow pyloric orifice? An extremely rare case.
abstract: METHODS
  Female, 30 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Phytobezoar Symptoms: Nausea • vomiting
  
  
  METHODS
  - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: -
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Rare disease.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Phytobezoars are a common type of bezoar known to accumulate in the gastrointestinal system.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year-old mentally retarded woman was operated on due to small bowel obstruction. A piece of tree root was extracted from the ileum. The patient was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 7.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to difficulties in determining the nature of the bezoar preoperatively, small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar is not a common diagnosis. For bezoars, prevention is considered preferable to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Işik
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deniz Firat
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peker
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sayar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Yunak State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Idiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soyturk
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demiryilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismayil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
keywords: Bezoars; General Surgery; Ileus; Mentally Disabled Persons