Phytobezoars are concretions of poorly digested fruit and vegetable fibers that accumulate within the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal obstruction caused by a phytobezoar within a Meckel diverticulum (MD) is a rare entity with a few cases reported in the literature. To our knowledge, phytobezoar within an MD has not been reported as a cause of intestinal obstruction in infants. In this brief correspondence, we present the first case of phytobezoar within MD as a cause of intestinal obstruction in an infant. A 16-month-old male infant was referred to the Suleyman Demirel University Hospital with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, bilious vomiting, and constipation. He had no history of previous abdominal surgery.
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