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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Phytobezoar Within Meckel&#x2019;s Diverticulum Presenting With Partial Intestinal Obstruction</title>
    <FirstPage>19</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>22</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mosaddegh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad Hossein</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghafouri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">MD. Department of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mahdi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rezai</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Maghsoudi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant professor, Department of Emergency, School of Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Alborz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farzaneh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Beigmohammadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Emergency Medicine Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Introduction: Meckel&#x2019;s Diverticulum (MD) affects approximately 2% of the population. Phytobezoar is defined as a vegetable and fiber-based ball in the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of phytobezoar within MD presenting with partial intestinal obstruction.
Case Reports: We hereby present a 20-year-old man who referred to the Emergency Department of a hospital with a two-day history of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and constipation. He underwent a midline laparotomy with surgical exploration, which revealed an MD 60 cm proximal to ileocecal valve containing phytobezoar. Histopathology reported the extracted specimen as an MD without ectopic tissue.
Conclusion: Meckel&#x2019;s diverticulum can be affected by bezoars as well as other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. We recommend that phytobezoar within MD be considered among differential diagnosis of bowel obstruction.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/289</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/289/345</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
