Intestinal Perforation Due to Phytobezoar Obstruction: a Case Report |
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| Authors: | M. Karen S. Moralioglu B.B. Mentes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey;2. Department of Pediatric Surgery,Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | 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 phyto-bezoar. |
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| Keywords: | Phytobezoar intestinal perforation acute abdomen |
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