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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X
EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 17, No. 1, 2012, pp. 136-138
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Bioline Code: js12024
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2012, pp. 136-138
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Impacted "Phytobezoar" at the Base of Meckle's Diverticulum.
Gupta, G.; Gupta, S.; Golhar, K.B. & Deshpande, S.
Abstract
Bezoars have been known to cause obstruction of any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. This case report describes a patient with a surgically treated bezoar impacted at the base of Meckel’s diverticulum causing acute intestinal obstruction. In the absence of prior gastric surgery this makes one of the rarest causes of intestinal obstruction.
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