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  • Title: Small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoars in the intact gastrointestinal tract.
    Author: Swift RI, Wood CB, Hershman MJ.
    Journal: J R Coll Surg Edinb; 1989 Oct; 34(5):267-9. PubMed ID: 2593101.
    Abstract:
    We present a series of cases of small bowel obstruction due to an intraluminal phytobezoar concretion. This rare cause of obstruction should not be forgotten as the recent literature has concentrated more on those patients with a past history of gastrointestinal surgery. None of our cases had had previous surgery, highlighting the point that an intact gastrointestinal tract does not exclude phytobezoars as a cause of obstruction.
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