A Case of Gastric Bezoar Treated by an Endoscopic Coca-Cola Injection.
- Author:
Sue Jin KIM
1
;
Jun Haeng LEE
;
Woo Ik CHANG
;
Kyoung A CHOI
;
A Reum HAN
;
Young Bong SONG
;
Jae J KIM
;
Jong Chul RHEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. leejh@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bezoar;
Endoscopy;
Coca-Cola
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bezoars*;
Carbonated Beverages;
Coca;
Cola;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Endoscopy;
Female;
Foreign Bodies;
Gastric Emptying;
Gastric Outlet Obstruction;
Gastroparesis;
Hair;
Humans;
Hypothyroidism;
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease;
Peptic Ulcer;
Seoul;
Stomach;
Therapeutic Irrigation;
Vegetables
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007;34(1):38-42
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bezoars are the most common foreign bodies in the stomach as seen endoscopically with a frequency of approximately 0.4%. They consist of persistent concretions or hard accumulations of non-digestible vegetable matter, hair or more unusual materials. Gastric bezoars develop in patients with previous gastric surgery, gastric outlet obstruction, or poor gastric emptying such as gastroparesis due to hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus or mixed connective tissue disease. The clinical presentations of gastric bezoars include epigastric pain, a palpable mass, a gastrointestinal obstruction and peptic ulceration. The treatment options include surgery, enzymatic dissolution or endoscopic mechanical fragmentation and/or removal. Recently, the efficacy of the administration or lavage of 'Coca-Cola' for the effective dissolution of gastric bezoars has been reported. We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with a large gastric bezoar that was successfully removed by the direct endoscopic injection of a carbonated beverage ('Coca-Cola light', a sugar free product; Coca cola Co., Seoul, South Korea) into the bezoar, which led to fragmentatio
