Sudden Death Following Oral Intake of Metal Objects (Acuphagia): a Case Report

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), pica is described as eating one or more non-nutritive, non-food substances over a period of at least 1 month that is severe enough to warrant clinical attention. The present case is a 44-year-old man who was brought to e...

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Autores principales: Emamhadi, Mohammad Ali, Najari, Fares, Hedayatshode, Mohammad Javad, Sharif, Shokoufeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6036526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30009218
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description According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), pica is described as eating one or more non-nutritive, non-food substances over a period of at least 1 month that is severe enough to warrant clinical attention. The present case is a 44-year-old man who was brought to emergency department following severe abdominal pain, but died before admission or receiving any treatments. On the autopsy, 64 bolts and metal fittings (3700 grams) were found in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-60365262018-07-13 Sudden Death Following Oral Intake of Metal Objects (Acuphagia): a Case Report Emamhadi, Mohammad Ali Najari, Fares Hedayatshode, Mohammad Javad Sharif, Shokoufeh Emerg (Tehran) Case Report According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), pica is described as eating one or more non-nutritive, non-food substances over a period of at least 1 month that is severe enough to warrant clinical attention. The present case is a 44-year-old man who was brought to emergency department following severe abdominal pain, but died before admission or receiving any treatments. On the autopsy, 64 bolts and metal fittings (3700 grams) were found in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine of the patient. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018 2018-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6036526/ /pubmed/30009218 Text en Copyright (2018) Shahid Beheshti University ofMedical Sciences This open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
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