A rare cause of gastrointestinal phytobezoars: diospyros lotus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Aim</p> <p>Diospyros Lotus (“Wild Date Palm of Trabzon or Persimmon”), which has been proven to cause phytobezoars, is a widely consumed fruit in the Black Sea and Northeast Anatolia regions of Turkey. The aim of the present study was to investigate t...

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Main Authors: Ertuğrul Gökhan, Coşkun Murat, Sevinç Mahsuni, Yelimlieş Behzat, Ertuğrul Fisun, Toydemir Toygar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.wjes.org/content/7/1/19