Phytobezoar in a jejunal diverticulum as a cause of small bowel obstruction: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tayeb, Mohammad ^a   Mohammad Khan, Faiz ^a   Rauf, Fozia ^a   Khan, M Mumtaz ^a  

^a PESHAWAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; JEJUNUM DIVERTICULUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYTOBEZOAR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 80053377896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-482     Document Type: Article

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