Persimmon bezoar successfully treated by oral intake of Coca-Cola: a case report

BACKGROUND: An 82-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of upper abdominal pain. Subsequently, a bezoar and a gastric ulcer were detected by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION: The bezoar was dark green in color and extremely hard, having a major axis of 7 cm. After hospita...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Kazuki, Ohara, Hirotaka, Naitoh, Itaru, Okumura, Fumihiro, Andoh, Tomoaki, Itoh, Takafumi, Nakazawa, Takahiro, Joh, Takashi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19077219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-385
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: An 82-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of upper abdominal pain. Subsequently, a bezoar and a gastric ulcer were detected by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION: The bezoar was dark green in color and extremely hard, having a major axis of 7 cm. After hospitalization, 500–1000 ml/day of Coca-Cola was orally administered continuously for 3 weeks. CONCLUSION: Thereafter, the bezoar decreased in size to a major axis of 4 cm and showed a softening trend. Therefore, lithotripsy was thereafter carried out under endoscopy using forceps.

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