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[Phytobezoars of the stomach].

Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova, 2003
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Intestinal Perforation Due to Phytobezoar Obstruction: a Case Report

Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 2008
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 ...
S Moralioglu
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Phytobezoar in Meckel's diverticulum: A rare cause of small bowel obstruction [PDF]

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2012
IntroductionMeckel's diverticulum (MD) is the prevailing anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, found in about 2% of the population; it rarely gives rise to symptoms and its discovery is usually accidental.
Roberto Bini, Pr Alfredo Addeo
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Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase [PDF]

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2015
Bezoars are uncommon diseases caused by the presence of indigestible mass of strange material in the gastrointestinal tract. Gold-standard treatment remains unclear and there are not clinical guidelines to follow.
Miguel Congregado
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A phytobezoar in the acute abdomen

The American Journal of Surgery, 2009
A phytobezoar is a rare differential diagnosis in the acute abdomen. An 89-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan and ultrasound suggested the presence of a bezoar. A phytobezoar was extracted surgically, and a resection was performed of the perforated small bowel segment.
John-Peder Escobar, Kvitting, Peter, Andersson, Pelle, Druvefors   +2 more
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Gastrointestinal phytobezoars in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1988
We reviewed 33 children under the age of 15 with gastrointestinal phytobezoars. Twenty were boys and 13 were girls. Nearly all patients were observed in late fall and winter. In 22 patients, symptoms developed following ingestion of several ripe or dried persimmons with seeds but none had a history of unripe persimmon ingestion.
S O, Choi, J S, Kang
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Enzymatic dissolution of phytobezoars

The American Journal of Surgery, 1975
A review of phytobezoars is presented, emphasizing medical treatment using enzymatic dissolution for bezoar located in the gastric pouch. Clinical and in vitro studies show the efficacy of both papain and cellulase, and it is suggested that, since each acts on a different component of the bezoar, they be administered in combination.
A, Stanten, H E, Peters
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Esophageal phytobezoar in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1987
A 23-year-old Thoroughbred stallion was admitted to the hospital for treatment of acute esophageal obstruction. Clinical examination and contrast radiography confirmed the presence of an esophageal obstruction. The horse was euthanatized, and examination revealed a bolus of feed material occluding the esophageal lumen 6 cm caudal to the thoracic inlet,
M H, MacDonald, D W, Richardson, C C, Morse   +2 more
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Phytobezoar and gastroscopic observation

The American Journal of Medicine, 1966
Abstract A case of persimmon bezoar is reported, illustrating typical features of this entity and its frequent confusion with gastric carcinoma. Attention is directed to earlier diagnosis by means of the gastroscope, particularly in the elderly in whom the diagnosis of possible inoperable gastric carcinoma has been entertained.
S B, Goldberg, E H, Galen
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