Phytobezoar within Meckel's diverticulum: an unusual cause of intestinal obstruction

Am Surg. 2014 Mar;80(3):E94-6.

Authors

Jason Ray Bingham¹, Marlin Wayne Causey, Mohamad Imad Haque

Affiliation

¹ General Surgery Department, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA.

PMID: 24666857

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
Abdominal Pain / etiology
Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Bezoars / complications*
Bezoars / diagnostic imaging
Bezoars / surgery
Emergency Service, Hospital
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ileum / diagnostic imaging
Ileum / surgery*
Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Intestinal Obstruction / surgery*
Laparoscopy / methods
Male
Meckel Diverticulum / complications*
Meckel Diverticulum / diagnostic imaging
Meckel Diverticulum / surgery
Risk Assessment
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome