Obstructive Bezoars of the Small Bowel Treated with Coca-Cola Zero through a Long Intestinal Tube and Endoscopic Manipulation

Kei Endo; Keisuke Kakisaka; Yuji Suzuki; Takayuki Matsumoto; Yasuhiro Takikawa

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.8922-17

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Obstructive Bezoars of the Small Bowel Treated with Coca-Cola Zero through a Long Intestinal Tube and Endoscopic Manipulation

Kei Endo, Keisuke Kakisaka, Yuji Suzuki, Takayuki Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Takikawa

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Keywords: multiple diospyrobezoars, small bowel obstruction, long intestinal tube, endoscopic manipulation, Coca-Cola Zero

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2017 Volume 56 Issue 22 Pages 3019-3022

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8922-17

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Abstract

An 82-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital with abdominal fullness accompanied by lower abdominal pain. He presented with small bowel obstruction due to multiple diospyrobezoars. The bezoars were successfully removed without any surgical intervention by the administration of Coca-Cola Zero through a long intestinal tube and subsequent endoscopic manipulation. Such a combination may be the treatment of choice for small bowel obstruction due to bezoars.

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