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Mounir Bouali1,2, Ahmed Ballati1,2, Abdelilah El Bakouri1,2, Khalid Elhattabi1,2, Fatimazahra Bensardi1,2, Abdelaziz Fadil1,2.
Abstract
Phytobezoars are concretions of indigested fruit and vegetables fibers in the gastrointestinal tract. The past of gastric surgery is most common risk factor of phytobezoar. We present the case of a 39-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and who presented with small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar, her past medical history was marqued by truncal vagotomy and simple suture recurrent perforated gastric ulcer 15 years earlier. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful.Entities:
Keywords: Acute surgical abdomen; Gastric surgery; Phytobezoar; Small bowel obstruction
Year: 2021 PMID: 33552491 PMCID: PMC7847810 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.048
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Med Surg (Lond) ISSN: 2049-0801