Open AccessPHYTOBEZOAR
Author(s) -
Ali Asia Banu,
Rehan Masood,
Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.03.5003
Subject(s) - enterotomy , medicine , exploratory laparotomy , phytobezoar , bezoar , laparotomy , general surgery , surgery
Objectives: We are presenting a case report of an11 year old boy brought in emergency with acute intestinal obstruction. An exploratory Laparotomy revealed two stonyhard large phytobezoars to be the cause of the acute small intestinal obstruction at terminal ileum. Enterotomy wasdone to remove the bezoars and patient had smooth recovery.