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Small bowel obstruction secondary to phytobezoar CT findings
E Delabrousse1, S Brunelle, O Saguet
1Service de Radiologie A, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz, 3 boulevard Alexander Fleming, F-25000, Besançon, France. edlb@club-internet.fr
Clinical Imaging
|July 4, 2001
Abstract:
A rare cause of small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar is reported. CT demonstrated an ovoid intraluminal mass with mottled gas pattern within the small bowel and intestinal obstruction signs. We believe that these CT findings are pathognomonic of this condition.