CASE REPORT
A Rare Reason of Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction; Phytobezoar Images for Clinicians
 
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Canakkale 18 Mart University Medical School, Canakkale Turkey
 
 
Publication date: 2014-10-15
 
 
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Oztekin Cıkman   

Canakkale 18 Mart University Medical School, Department of General Surgery, Çanakkale, Turkey
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2014;11(4):275-277
 
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Mechanical intestinal obstruction is defined as the partial or total blockage of the passage of digested food in gastrointestinal system towards the distal. If intestinal obstruction is not treated properly it can cause high incidences of morbidity and mortality. The most frequent cause is adhesion after surgery but etiological cause changes frequently with age. Known symptoms of intestinal obstructions are nausea, vomiting, abdominal ache and distention in the abdomen. In our study we aimed to present a 70 year old patient with intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoar who developed sepsis, with the help of current literature.
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