Prolonged Epigastric Pain Caused by a Leaf Stem Embedded in the Gastric Wall

A 67-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy to determine the cause of her prolonged epigastric pain. During the examination, a sharp-pointed foreign body was observed; the edge of the object had been embedded in the gastric wall. The object was removed via an endoscope, and the patients...

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Autores principales: Yoshioka, Takahiro, Iwamuro, Masaya, Takeda, Haruo, Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29607971
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0751-17
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author Yoshioka, Takahiro
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description A 67-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy to determine the cause of her prolonged epigastric pain. During the examination, a sharp-pointed foreign body was observed; the edge of the object had been embedded in the gastric wall. The object was removed via an endoscope, and the patients' symptoms improved immediately. Based on a dietary history and an electron microscope examination, we identified the object as a stem of mizuna, a potherb mustard. Our report indicates that commonly eaten leafy green vegetables can act as sharp-pointed foreign bodies with the potential to injure the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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spelling pubmed-61725452018-10-09 Prolonged Epigastric Pain Caused by a Leaf Stem Embedded in the Gastric Wall Yoshioka, Takahiro Iwamuro, Masaya Takeda, Haruo Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi Intern Med Case Report A 67-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy to determine the cause of her prolonged epigastric pain. During the examination, a sharp-pointed foreign body was observed; the edge of the object had been embedded in the gastric wall. The object was removed via an endoscope, and the patients' symptoms improved immediately. Based on a dietary history and an electron microscope examination, we identified the object as a stem of mizuna, a potherb mustard. Our report indicates that commonly eaten leafy green vegetables can act as sharp-pointed foreign bodies with the potential to injure the upper gastrointestinal tract. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018-03-30 2018-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6172545/ /pubmed/29607971 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0751-17 Text en Copyright © 2018 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172545/
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