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SM Journal of Clinical Pathology

Phytobezoar Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report

[ ISSN : 2576-778X ]

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Received: 09-Sep-2016

Accepted: 14-Oct-2016

Published: 17-Oct-2016

Case Report | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Sant Prakash Kataria¹, Gajender Singh¹, Padam Parmar¹*, Sanjay Kumar¹ and Kamal Nain Rattan²

¹Department of Pathology, PT BDS PGIMS, Haryana, India
²Department of Pediatrics Surgery, PT BDS PGIMS, Haryana, India

Corresponding Author:

Padam Parmar, Department of Pathology, PT BDS PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Email: drpadamparmar@ gmail.com

Keywords

Bezoars; Phytobezoar; Small bowel obstruction

Abstract

Ingestion of indigestible or poorly digestible substances may accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract in the form of a bezoar. On the basis of their composition, bezoars are classified into various types. Phytobezoars (concretions of vegetable matters) are commonly found in the gastrointestinal tract, including stomach and small intestine. Most cases are asymptomatic but intestinal obstruction had been reported in the literature, accounting for only 0.4 to 4%. Here we report a case in which phytobezoar was presented with small intestinal obstruction.

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Kataria SP, Singh G, Parmar P, Kumar S and Rattan KN. Phytobezoar Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report. SM J Clin Pathol. 2016; 1(1): 1006.