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A bizarre bezoar: case report and review of the literature

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A bizarre case of a foreign-body bezoar is presented. A 16-year-old girl swallowed large amounts of toilet paper as a means of dieting. She presented with a palpable abdominal mass, multiple bezoars in the bowel, and paper excretion in the feces before admitting intentional ingestion of toilet-paper balls. Administration of Gastrografin via a nasogastric tube and enemas resulted in gradual excretion of the paper balls.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, C. Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel, , , , , , IL

    R. D. Goldman, P. Schachter, R. Bilik & I. Avigad

  2. Department of Radiology, C. Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, , , , , , IL

    M. Katz

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  1. R. D. Goldman
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Accepted: 24 November 1997

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Goldman, R., Schachter, P., Katz, M. et al. A bizarre bezoar: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Surg Int 14, 218–219 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050492

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