A CASE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL COCA-COLA LAVAGE TREATMENT FOR PERSIMMON BEZOAR

Tetsuo KIMURA; Naoki MUGURUMA; Tatsuzo ITAGAKI; Yoshitaka IMOTO; Masako KAJI; Hiroshi MIYAMOTO; Seisuke OKAMURA; Tetsuji TAKAYAMA; Jouji SHUNTOU

doi:10.11280/gee1973b.50.1448

Tetsuo KIMURA, Naoki MUGURUMA, Tatsuzo ITAGAKI, Yoshitaka IMOTO, Masako KAJI, Hiroshi MIYAMOTO, Seisuke OKAMURA, Tetsuji TAKAYAMA, Jouji SHUNTOU

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Tetsuo KIMURA
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Naoki MUGURUMA
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Tatsuzo ITAGAKI
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Yoshitaka IMOTO
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Masako KAJI
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Hiroshi MIYAMOTO
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Seisuke OKAMURA
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Tetsuji TAKAYAMA
Department of Digestive and Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Jouji SHUNTOU
Shuntou Gastro-intestinal Clinic

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2008 Volume 50 Issue 6 Pages 1448-1454

DOI https://doi.org/10.11280/gee1973b.50.1448

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Abstract

A 63-year-old man was admitted to a clinic because of vomiting and epigastic pain after eating bitter persimmons. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a yellowish floating mass measuring 6cm in size. We diagnosed the mass as persimmon bezoar. We asked patient to drink Coca-Cola every day and performed a direct endoscopic dispersion of Coca-Cola using ERCP cannula. At repeated endoscopy, we could observe that the bezoar turned to be softened and finally disappeared. This form of dissolution of a persimmon bezoar proved to be rapidly effective, inexpensive, and safe in this case.

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