Korean J Gastroenterol.
2006 Dec;48(6):431-433.
Two Cases of Phytobezoars Treated by Adminsitration of Coca-Cola by Oral Route
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Good Samsun Hospital, Busan, Korea. tonow@freechal.com
Abstract
- Bezoars are concretions of foreign bodies found in the gastrointestinal tract. In the past, most common method for the treatment of bezoar was surgical management. However, the current treatment methods include chemical dissolution and endoscopic mechanical lithotripsy. There were few reports on the treatment of phytobezoars by nasogastric Cola lavage. However, there was no report succeeded by oral route alone. In our two cases, phytobezoars were treated by oral administration of Coca-Cola. Our patients drank 700-800 mL of Coca-Cola daily, and after two months, complete dissolutions of bezoars were achieved. We report two cases of phytobezoars completely treated by drinking Coca-Cola.
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