Child Assessment Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China
S Doo (杜蘊瑜)
MBBS, MRCPCH, MSc(Epidemiology & Biostatistics) (CUHK)
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China
TNH Leung (梁銀河) MRCP(UK), FHKAM, FHKCPaed
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
LCL Lan (藍傳亮) FRCSEd(Paed), FCSHK, FHKAM
Correspondence to: Dr S Doo
Received June 23, 2009
We reported a case of duodenal obstruction caused by phytobezoar in an 11 months old infant. There was absent history of unusual food ingestion and the definitive diagnosis could only be made intraoperatively as signs of intestinal obstruction evolved. The clinical course was described with a review of literature on this rare condition.
