GASTRIC PHYTOBEZOAR - UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION AND RESOLUTION

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作者
WYATT, JP [1 ]
HADDOCK, G [1 ]
AITKEN, RJ [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL EDINBURGH & ASSOCIATED HOSP, EDINBURGH EH3 9YW, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
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10.1136/pgmj.69.814.659
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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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.
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