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Stefan Milosevic, Jelena Djokic Kovac, Ljubica Lazic, Milica Mitrovic, Katarina Stosic, Dragan Basaric, Boris Tadic, Stefan Stojkovic, Slobodan Rasic, Nenad Ivanovic, Ognjan Skrobic. “Bezoar Egg”—A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction. Diagnostics 2024; 14(4) doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14040360
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Yasser Taha, Khaled Salman, Fahad Alrayyes, Saad Alrayyes. An unusual case of phytobezoar-induced small bowel obstruction. Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2019; 2019(11) doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz296
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E. C. Abboud, B. Babic. Case Report: Seaweed Bezoar Masquerading as a Malignant Obstruction. Case Reports in Surgery 2018; 2018 doi: 10.1155/2018/3829271
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Hyeok Chan Kwon, Hong Ja Kim, Yong Ho Jang, Ji Hyun Jeon, Yo Han Kim, Won Yong Suh, Suk Bin Jang. A Case of a Huge Biliary Bezoar Treated with ESWL. Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract 2014; 19(1) doi: 10.15279/kpba.2014.19.1.37
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Christoforos S. Kosmidis, Chrysi Maria Mystakidou, Nikolaos Varsamis, Charilaos Koulouris, Christina Sevva, Konstantina Papadopoulou, Christina Michael, Nikolaos Iason Katsios, Vasiliki Theodorou, Petrina Miltiadous, Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Vlassopoulos, Katerina Zarampouka, Stylianos Mantalovas. Phytobezoar-Induced Mechanical Ileus and Incipient Intussusception: A Case Report. Medicina 2023; 59(7) doi: 10.3390/medicina59071227
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Enis Dikicier, Fatih Altintoprak, Orhan Veli Ozkan, Orhan Yagmurkaya, Mustafa Yener Uzunoglu. Intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoars: An update. World Journal of Clinical Cases 2015; 3(8): 721-726 doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i8.721
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娜 田. Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of 70 Cases of Digestive Tract Persimmon Disease. Medical Diagnosis 2020; 10(03) doi: 10.12677/MD.2020.103027
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Rare Cause of Obstructive Acute Abdomen by Phytobezoar: Orange Pomace.. Global Journal of Surgery and Surgical Techniques 2019;  doi: 10.46940/gjsst.01.1003
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Hatim Ali Al-Abbadi. Multiple small bowel obstructions due to unusual formation of biliary phytobezoars following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a sickler patient. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2023; 113(C) doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109013
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Georgina England, Karen J. Heath, John D. Gilbert, Roger W. Byard. Forensic Features of Pharmacobezoars. Journal of Forensic Sciences 2015; 60(2) doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12679
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Badhaasaa Beyene, Burka Mohammadsani, Minewor Abdlhadi, Kedest Getachew, Hatae Ahmedin. Khat induced bezoar; a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2022; 91(C) doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106811
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Samara C Hassranah, Aryaa Ramnarine, Sangeeta Parbhu, Vijay Naraynsingh. Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors. Cureus 2022;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.32594
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Roger W. Byard, Marc Grabowski. Gastro-esophageal pharmacobezoar. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 2021; 17(4) doi: 10.1007/s12024-021-00404-x
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Konstantinos A. Paschos, A. Triantaphilidis, K. Chatzipourganis, Aikaterini Paraskeva, Ioanna Gravalidou, A. Chatzigeorgiadis. Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Phytobezoars: Report of Four Cases and Literature Review. Hellenic Journal of Surgery 2019; 91(1) doi: 10.1007/s13126-019-0504-4
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Maurizio Gentile, Maddalena Illario, Vincenzo De Luca, Giovanni Cestaro, Nunzio Velotti, Stefania Sivero, Mario Musella. Gastrointestinal bezoars: Review of the literature and report of a rare case of pumpkin seed rectal impaction. Asian Journal of Surgery 2023; 46(9) doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.05.030
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Jaewon Song, Dong Yeol Shin. Treatment of a Large Gastric Phytobezoar With Coca-Cola, Cellulase, and Endoscopic Fragmentation in a Community Hospital. The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2025; 25(1) doi: 10.7704/kjhugr.2024.0066
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Ahmed M Odeh, Ahmed A Alkhalifa, Mohammed A AlHajji, Alwayah J Alahmed, Jawad H Alsalman, Abdulrahman M AlMulhem, Mohammed S AlGhadeer, Ezzeddin Kurdi, Fatima S Albader, Abdulmohsen Alsuwaigh, Mohammad A Khan . A Rare Case of Gastric Phytobezoar (Diospyrobezoar) in a Healthy Adult. Cureus 2024;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.68353
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Abdelhak Ettaoussi, Gaspard Nizigiyimana, Kamal Benzidane, Nassima Fakhiri, Ichrak Bouali, Khadija Kamal, Abdessamad Majd, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Khaleq, Khalid El Hattabi. Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by a Food Foreign Body: A Case Report. European Journal of Medical and Health Research 2026; 4(2) doi: 10.59324/ejmhr.2026.4(2).25
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Piaopiao Chen, Qiang Hu, Jinfeng Wu, Yuanshui Sun. A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report. Frontiers in Surgery 2022; 9 doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.855904
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Daniel Morell-Garcia, Josep M. Bauça, Angela García-Suquía, Juan Robles, Bernardino Barceló, Andrea Fernández-Ballina, Juan C. Carlos-Vicente. Green urine: A bezoar effect. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2016; 33 doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.04.023
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Ali Muhtaroğlu, Merve Yiğit, Hakan Demir, Uğur Dülger, Muhammed Doğangün, İbrahim Furkan Küçük, Fatih Altintoprak. Evaluation of the location, number and diameter of bezoars in patients with a history of previous gastrointestinal surgery. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2023; 49(4) doi: 10.1007/s00068-023-02220-0
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Xiao Zheng, Bin Qiu, Xiao-wei Jin, Lin-na Liu, Peng Wang, Hai-jing Yu, Juan Zhang, Wen-jing Geng, Rui Wang, Hua Liu. Endoscopic lithotripsy combined with drug lithotripsy vs. drug lithotripsy for the treatment of phytobezoars: analysis of 165 cases. Surgical Endoscopy 2024; 38(5) doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10741-x
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In Taik Hong, Jae Myung Cha, Hye Jin Ki, Min Seob Kwak, Jin Young Yoon, Hyun Phil Shin, Jung Won Jeoun, Sung Il Choi. Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Aloe vera Bezoars: A Case Report. The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2017; 69(5) doi: 10.4166/kjg.2017.69.5.312
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Fali Nie, Xiaoling Han, Xuanjie Huang, Huiying Wang, Yanyan Wang, Yanhui Zhong. Oesophageal mucosal tears caused by suboptimal nasogastric tube insertion: a case study. British Journal of Nursing 2020; 29(22) doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.22.1308
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Juan Eduardo Flores-Martín, Armando Pereyra-Talamantes, Humberto Salvador López-Téllez. Phytobezoar: A Cause of Intestinal Obstruction in Patients After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. CRSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons 2019; 6(4) doi: 10.4293/CRSLS.2019.00043
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Giulia Maggi, Francesca Pirgher, Federica Valeri, Domenico Caivano, Maria Chiara Marchesi. Gastrointestinal Phytobezoars in Small Animals: A Retrospective Study of 18 Cases. Animals 2026; 16(4) doi: 10.3390/ani16040556
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Naser El-Mefleh, Ahmad Alsweed, Shaker Alhamedo, Ali Dani, Linah Kaf Alghazal, Imad Eddin Alshikh Saleh. Case series of pediatric gastric trichobezoars: diagnostic challenges, management outcomes, and the imperative for psychiatric follow-up. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2026; 138(3) doi: 10.1097/RC9.0000000000000216
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Lina Lasri, Alia Yassine Kassab, Mehdi Salmane, Lina Belkouchi, Siham El Haddad, Nazik Allali, Latifa Chat. SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY A JEJUNAL PHYTOBEZOAR IN A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. MedPeer publisher 2026;  doi: 10.70780/medpeer.000QGVE
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So-Eun Park, Ji Yong Ahn, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Shin Na, Se Jeong Park, Hyun Lim, Kwi-Sook Choi, Jeong Hoon Lee, Do Hoon Kim, Kee Don Choi, Ho June Song, Gin Hyug Lee, Jin-Ho Kim. Clinical Outcomes Associated with Treatment Modalities for Gastrointestinal Bezoars. Gut and Liver 2014; 8(4) doi: 10.5009/gnl.2014.8.4.400
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Pierre Gélinas. Preventing constipation: a review of the laxative potential of food ingredients. International Journal of Food Science & Technology 2013; 48(3) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2012.03207.x
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Aly M. Mohamed, Anisah Adnan, Steven A. Seifert, Susan C. Smolinske, Daniel Castresana, Gulshan Parasher, Brandon J. Warrick. An endoscopic end to coma. Toxicology Communications 2017; 1(1) doi: 10.1080/24734306.2017.1338372
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Keiichiro Hatoyama, Yusuke Taniyama, Tadashi Sakurai, Makoto Hikage, Chiaki Sato, Hiroshi Okamoto, Kai Takaya, Yu Onodera, Takashi Kamei. Reconstructed gastric conduit obstruction caused by a bezoar after esophagectomy: a case report. BMC Surgery 2019; 19(1) doi: 10.1186/s12893-019-0525-5
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Rahmatullah Athar, Alireza Khalaj, Parvin Shapori. Biliopancreatic limb obstruction after one‐anastomosis gastric bypass; a very rare and fatal event: A case report and literature review. Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery 2025; 18(1) doi: 10.1111/ases.13402
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W. A. A. Ali, Z. I. Gondal, A. A. A. K. Yammahi, S. F. A. Hushki, F. Badri, Y. H. ElTayeb. A case of small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoars. Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2013; 2013(7) doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjt046
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Mami Yamamoto, Kentaroh Yamamoto, Xueyi Bian, Qiang Guo, Takamitsu Sasaki, Fumio Yamamoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto. Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Dried Persimmon. Case Reports in Gastroenterology 2018; 12(1) doi: 10.1159/000488527
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Bishnu Prasad Kandel, Anup Chalise, Sujan Shrestha, Paleswan Joshi Lakhey. Lithobezoar and Phytobezoar Causing Intestinal Obstruction: A Report of Two Cases. Clinical Case Reports 2025; 13(3) doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70293
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Srikanth Parsi, Carlos Rivera, Jennifer Vargas, Michael W. Silberstein. Laparoscopic-assisted Extirpation of a Phytobezoar Causing Small Bowel Obstruction after Roux-en-Y Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. The American Surgeon™ 2013; 79(2) doi: 10.1177/000313481307900218
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Fiorella Caputo, Rosario Barranco, Alessandro Bonsignore, Giulio Fraternali Orcioni, Francesco Ventura. A Rare Case of Fatal Bowel Obstruction Secondary to a Colonic Bezoar. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology 2018; 39(1) doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000373
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Woo Rim Kang, Seon-Young Park, Hye-Su You, Dong Hyun Kim, Chang Hwan Park, Sung Kyu Choi, Hyun-Soo Kim. A Single-center 12-year Experience of Patients with Gastrointestinal Bezoars. The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2023; 81(6) doi: 10.4166/kjg.2023.024
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Kinfemicheal Tilahu Yigzaw, Dawit Aysheshim Mulualem, Bethlehem Aliye Asfaw, Melkamu Temesgen Moges, Biniyam Alebachew Tegegne, Meseret Hussien Shibesh, Mesfin Tesera Wassie. Uncommon cause of large bowel obstruction in a pediatric patient: A case of phytobezoar induced by peas. Radiology Case Reports 2025; 20(5) doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.01.097
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Mariana Claro, Daniel Costa Santos, Alberto Abreu Silva, Cláudia Deus, João Grilo, Diogo Sousa, José Augusto Martins. When eating makes you sick – Gastric stump obstruction caused by a phytobezoar. A case report and literature review. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2021; 79(C) doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.01.034
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Mohamed Ahmed Elghazeery, Alhassan Mohamed Hassan. Gastrointestinal Bezoars in Paediatrics. African Journal of Paediatric Surgery 2023;  doi: 10.4103/ajps.ajps_104_22
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Arvind Vohra, Marcel Deutschland, Guilia Böhmerle, Wilhelm Nimphius, Gudrun Lindemann. Seltene Ursache eines akuten Abdomens: Bezoar im deszendosigmoidalen Übergang. Notfall + Rettungsmedizin 2026;  doi: 10.1007/s10049-026-01780-z
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Tahmineh Tahouri, Ehsanollah Rahimi-Movaghar, Mohammad Reza Safaei Qomi, Sarvenaz Mehrabi. Meat bezoar due to inadequate mastication leading partial bowel obstruction: A case report. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2023; 110 doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108775
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Morgan Doughty, Jane Alookaran, Marc Rhoads, Paul H. Dahm. Restrictive Lung Pattern. JPGN Reports 2021; 2(2) doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000056
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Shuai Wang, Xiaohui Yang, Yixiong Zheng, Yulian Wu. Clinical characteristics and indications for surgery for bezoar-induced small bowel obstruction. Journal of International Medical Research 2021; 49(1) doi: 10.1177/0300060520979377
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A. S. Harutyunyan, V. D. Levitsky, V. V. Kiselev, P. A. Yartsev, A. V. Vodyasov, N. V. Shavrina. Clinical Case of a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction and Multiple Diospirobesoaras of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Russian Sklifosovsky Journal "Emergency Medical Care" 2020; 9(2) doi: 10.23934/2223-9022-2020-9-2-281-291
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Kritick Bhandari, Maria Qadri, Saili Chothe, Anil Pathak, Saujanya Jung Pandey, Sakar Paudel, Hirotada Akiho. A Rare Case Report on Bowel Obstruction due to Seed Bezoar at the Rectum. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine 2025; 2025(1) doi: 10.1155/crgm/9699209
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Dutta Hemonta KR, Baruah Mauchumi, Borbora Debasish. Bezoars: An unusual cause of intestinal obstruction in children. Archives of Clinical Gastroenterology 2021;  doi: 10.17352/2455-2283.000098
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Massimo Carollo, Nicoletta Luxi, Salvatore Crisafulli. Characterizing pharmacobezoar formation: a descriptive analysis from VigiBase. Clinical Toxicology 2025; 63(7) doi: 10.1080/15563650.2025.2508428
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Awais Ashfaq, James A Madura, Alyssa B Chapital. An unusual case of biliary bezoar causing small bowel obstruction in a patient with ampullary diverticulum and stapled gastroplasty. BMJ Case Reports 2014; 2014 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207455
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Sameer A. Hirji, Faith C. Robertson, Grace F. Chao, Bharti Khurana, Jonathan D. Gates. Phytobezoar: A Brief Report with Surgical and Radiological Correlation. Case Reports in Surgery 2018; 2018 doi: 10.1155/2018/5253162
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YQA Soon, HM Low, CWT Huey, GKL Wansaicheong. Clinics in diagnostic imaging (198). Singapore Medical Journal 2019; 60(8) doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019089
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MES Farhad, E Whiteman, U Rehman, U Shafiq, YA Wang, K Ho, J Watfah. Gastric bezoar with associated gastrocolic fistula in a patient with learning disabilities. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2026;  doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2025.0086
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Alberto Abreu da Silva, Jéssica Ricardo, Andreia Ferreira, Diogo Sousa, José Augusto Martins. Small Bowel Obstruction by a Phytobezoar in a Patient With Previous Antrectomy and Billroth II Reconstruction. Cureus 2023;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.45849
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Yana Puckett, Jon Nathan, Sharmila Dissanaike. Intussusception caused by dried apricot: A case report. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2014; 5(12) doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.016
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Anthony Bedran, Ryan Akl, Karam Karam, Elias Fiani, Ihab I. El Hajj. An undigested garlic clove induced gastric outlet obstruction: A case report. Medical Reports 2025; 14 doi: 10.1016/j.hmedic.2025.100381
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Qingyun Dong, Haxia Qi, Yitong Chai, Yanfen Chai. Factors associated with gastrointestinal obstruction in phytobezoar patients: an emergency ultrasound study. Frontiers in Medicine 2026; 13 doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1843617
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Byung-Kwon Ahn. Is Abdominal Computed Tomography Helpful for the Management of an Intestinal Obstruction Caused by a Bezoar?. Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 2012; 28(2) doi: 10.3393/jksc.2012.28.2.69
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Maria Delgado Galan, Luis Ramon Rabago. Has Coca-Cola treatment become the first-line therapy for gastric bezoars, both in general and specifically for western countries?. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2024; 16(5): 237-243 doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i5.237
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Balika Mahesan, Rajkumar Palaniappan, Nikhilesh Krishna, Sudarsan Srikanth, Siddhesh Suresh Tasgaonkar. A Rare Case of Biliary Bezoar in the Biliopancreatic Limb after Laparoscopic One-anastomosis Gastric Bypass. Journal of Bariatric Surgery 2025; 4(1) doi: 10.4103/jbs.jbs_7_25
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Sujeong Shin, Jung Ho Kim, You Ho Mun, Han Sol Chung. Acute esophageal obstruction after ingestion of psyllium seed husk powder: A case report. World Journal of Clinical Cases 2022; 10(7): 2336-2340 doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i7.2336
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Kyung Hoon Lee, Hyun Young Han, Hee Jin Kim, Hee Kyung Kim, Moon Soo Lee. Ultrasonographic differentiation of bezoar from feces in small bowel obstruction. Ultrasonography 2015; 34(3) doi: 10.14366/usg.14070
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Simone Zwicky, Werner Inauen, Urs Pfefferkorn. Case Report: Phytobezoar Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction as a Late Complication After Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch. Obesity Surgery 2020; 30(8) doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04531-2
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David Carvalho Fiel, Iolanda Santos, Joana Eugénio Santos, Rita Vicente, Susana Ribeiro, Artur Silva, Beatriz Malvar, Carlos Pires. Cecum perforation associated with a calcium polystyrene sulfonate bezoar - a rare entity. Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 2019; 41(3) doi: 10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2018-0158
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Kinnera Sahithi Urlapu, Nikhitha Mantri, Harish Patel, Priscilla Lajara Hallal, Sridhar Chilimuri, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes, Yoshifumi Nakayama. Severe Airway Obstruction Caused by Esophageal Bezoar with Coca‐Cola and Creon (Pancrelipase) in a Patient with Underlying Achalasia: A Comprehensive Case Report. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine 2024; 2024(1) doi: 10.1155/2024/2081040
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Maurizio Gentile, Lorenzo Vergara, Vincenzo Schiavone, Giovanni Cestaro, Luigi Sivero. Harry Potter's Occlusion: Report of a Case of Pumpkin Seed Bezoar Rectal Impact. Frontiers in Surgery 2022; 9 doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.902701
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Nasrin Razavianzadeh, Behzad Foroutan, Farhad Honarvar, Mohammad Forozeshfard. Small bowel obstruction attributable to phytobezoar. Oxford Medical Case Reports 2016; 2016(12) doi: 10.1093/omcr/omw092
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Songsoo Yang, Min Jeng Cho. Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With Gastrointestinal Phytobezoars: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study in Korea. Frontiers in Surgery 2021; 8 doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.691860
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Minoo Saatian, Minoo Shafii, Seyedehsara Bayesh, Reza Najibpour, Yasaman Omaraee. Gastric Diospyrobezoar Mimicked Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report. Thrita 2016; 5(3) doi: 10.5812/thritaj.37581
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Constantinos Avgoustou, D. Fagrezos, T. Giannakopoulos. Gastric outlet and duodenal/ileal obstruction due to gastric phytobezoar. Hellenic Journal of Surgery 2016; 88(4) doi: 10.1007/s13126-016-0323-9
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Tsutomu Namikawa, Masato Utsunomiya, Keiichiro Yokota, Hiromichi Maeda, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Rogério Nascimento Martins, Narufumi Suganuma, Michiya Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Satoru Seo. Laparoscopic treatment for multiple huge diospyrobezoars in the stomach. Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery 2023; 16(3) doi: 10.1111/ases.13196
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Anastasia Sotiropoulou, David Martin, Julien Vionnet, Amaniel Kefleyesus. Unusual cause of small bowel obstruction in a liver transplant recipient: a case report and focused literature review. Frontiers in Surgery 2026; 13 doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2026.1824834