Gastric phytobezoar: unusual association and resolution.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 58 year old man underwent a laparotomy for intestinal obstruction, which proved to be due to intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Following a slow postoperative course, he was discovered to have a gastric phytobezoar. The association between bezoars and pseudo-obstruction has not been previously described, but might be expected. The gastric phytobezoar could not be fragmented mechanically, but it completely disappeared when enteral feeding was commenced. The possibility of a future role of enteral feeding in this situation is suggested.
Medical subject headings
- Bezoars
- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
- Stomach