%0 Journal Article
%T Impacted ¡°Phytobezoar¡± at the Base of Meckle¡¯s Diverticulum
%A G Gupta
%A S Gupta
%A KB Golhar
%A S Deshpande
%J East and Central African Journal of Surgery
%D 2012
%I 
%X Bezoars have been known to cause obstruction of any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. This case report describes a patient with a surgically treated bezoar impacted at the base of Meckel¡¯s diverticulum causing acute intestinal obstruction. In the absence of prior gastric surgery this makes one of the rarest causes of intestinal obstruction.
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