Mark Lewis: Fascinating discussion of bezoars at tumor board
Mark Lewis, Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, shared a post on X:
“Fascinating discussion of bezoars at tumor board this morning.
The etiquette books are right about table manners — chew your food well!
Boba tea (tapioca pearls) — thanks to Keith Siau for calling this case report to my attention.”
Title: Unexpected Marble-Like Lesions in Patient With Acute Upper Abdominal Pain
Authors: Yoen Young Chuah, Keith Siau, Enrique de-Madaria
You can read the Full Article on UEG Journal
“Trichobezoar (image credit to Radiopedia) — sometimes called Rapunzel syndrome, trichotillomania then leads to trichophagia, with the keratin in the hair rendering it largely indigestible.”
Authors: Luiz Roberto Lopes, Priscilla Sene Portel Oliveira, Eduardo Marcucci Pracucho, Marcelo Amade Camargo, João de Souza Coelho Neto, Nelson Adami Andreollo
You can read the Full Article here.
“Phytobezoar from persimmon — which can dissolve if you lavage the stomach with Coca-Cola!”
I’d like to buy the world a Coke ..
Title: Effect of Coca-Cola on the Dissolution of Persimmon-Related Phytobezoar in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Maryam Riaz, Ismail Akbar, Rao E Hassan, Waheed Ahmad, Hassamullah Khan, Arif Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan Khan, Syeda Sunaina Shah, Asna Tahir, Safina Tanveer
You can read the Full Article here.
“Pharmacobezoar — seen here after overdose on clomipramine, with the tricyclic antidepressant slowing gastric emptying.”
Title: Endoscopic removal of a gastric pharmacobezoar induced by clomipramine, lorazepam, and domperidone overdose: a case report
Authors: Stephan von Düring, Corinne Challet and Laurent Christin
You can read the Full Article on Journal of Medical Case Reports
“Also, today I learned that the etymology of bezoar derives from a word meaning antidote, after a cook in the 1500s was punished for theft by ingesting a poison followed by a bezoar stone as a potential remedy (spoiler alert: it didn’t work)”
Title: Gastrointestinal Bezoars: History and Current Treatment Paradigms
Authors: Katharine Eng, Marsha Kay
You can read the Full Article .
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