An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Obstruction: Bezoar
Bezoars are concretions of swallowed hair, fruit vegetable fibers, and similar substances found in the alimentary canal. The first description of a postmortem human bezoar was by Swain in 1854. Although the prevalence of bezoars in humans is low, an absence of treatment has been associated with mort...
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| Language: | English |
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Oman Medical Specialty Board
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Oman Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=939478 |