A bezoar is the result of the ingestion of indigestible or poorly digestible substances that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract in the form of a mass. Among different types of bezoars phytobezoars is the most common type and formed by excessive consumption of herbal nutrients containing high amounts of indigestible fibers. There are some predisposing factors for gastrointestinal phytobezoars formation such as loss of pyloric function, decreased gastric motility, malabsorption, inadequate chewing and excessive consumption of herbal indigestible fibers. 

 

 

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