Ali Asia Banu, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary, Rehan Masood, Samiullah.
Phytobezoar; cause of intestinal obstruction in children.
Professional Med J Jan ;13(3):478-80.

Objectives: We are presenting a case report of an 11 year old boy brought in emergency with acute intestinal obstruction. An exploratory Laparotomy revealed two stony hard large phytobezoars to be the cause of the acute small intestinal obstruction at terminal ileum. Enterotomy was done to remove the bezoars and patient had smooth recovery.

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