Acute intestinal obstruction caused by a persimmon phytobezoar after dissolution therapy with coca-cola

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-303

  Ha, Seung Soo ^a   Lee, Hyun Suk ^a   Jung, Min Kyu ^a   Jeon, Seong Woo ^a   Cho, Chang Min ^a   Kim, Sung Kook ^a   Choi, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bezoar; Coca cola; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Intestinal obstruction; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; DISSOLUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; PERSIMMON; PHYTOBEZOAR; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ACUTE DISEASE; BEZOAR; COLA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BEZOARS; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; COLA; DIOSPYROS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43049129704     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2007.22.4.300     Document Type: Article

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