Patient:
Female, 30 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Phytobezoar Symptoms: Nausea • vomiting
Medication:
- Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: -
Objective:
Rare disease.
Background:
Phytobezoars are a common type of bezoar known to accumulate in the gastrointestinal system.
Case report:
A 30-year-old mentally retarded woman was operated on due to small bowel obstruction. A piece of tree root was extracted from the ileum. The patient was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 7.
Conclusions:
Due to difficulties in determining the nature of the bezoar preoperatively, small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar is not a common diagnosis. For bezoars, prevention is considered preferable to treatment.