Chewing gum bezoar

Rimar, Yossi; Babich, Jay P.; Shaoul, Ron

doi:10.1016/s0016-5107(04)00162-2

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“…Furthermore, during different medical procedures or interventions, ruptured tubes, dental instruments, drills, endoprotheses, and surgical instruments may lodge in the digestive tract. A special kind of foreign matter we rarely encounter in our patients are trichobezoars, phytobezoars, and phytotrichobezoars, conglomerates composed of different substances in the stomach [3,4]. The name bezoar from Arabic "badzehr" and Persian "padzahr" means antidote.…”

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“…Patients who have undergone a Billroth type I gastrectomy seem particularly prone to bezoar formation. In the literature, lately recognized types of bezoars are lactobezoars derived from milk products, and concretions composed of medicines, sand, cement, or even chewing-gum [4]. Lactobezoars are primarily found in low-birthweight infants fed a concentrated formula partly composed of milk products.…”

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“…Foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are rarely the cause of an urgent condition [1]. They can be "true foreign bodies," objects that accidentally enter the GIT, bezoars, commonly composed of hair, vegetable matter, chewing gum and food, or medical protheses [2][3][4][5]. Foreign bodies are also classified as blunt and sharp-pointed objects, long objects, impacted masses of food (food bolus), and others, like packets of illegal drugs.…”

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Urgent endoscopy in patients with “true foreign bodies” in the upper gastrointestinal tract – a retrospective study of the period 1994–2018

Skok

2020

Z Gastroenterol

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Aim The aim of our study was to determine the frequency of patients with “true foreign bodies” in the upper gastrointestinal tract and to evaluate the success of urgent endoscopic procedures in removing these objects. Materials and methods The retrospective study includes patients in which urgent endoscopic investigations of the upper digestive tract were performed in a 23-year period, from 1st January 1994 to 1st January 2018. Results Altogether 13 196 patients were investigated: 5147 (39 %) females and 8049 (61 %) males, mean age 62.8 years, SD ± 18.5 years, range 1–106 years. In only 172 patients – 1.3 % of all subjects – true foreign bodies were detected (in range from 1–8) in the esophagus or stomach. In these patients, a total of 242 endoscopic procedures were performed. In 95.9 % the foreign bodies were removed endoscopically (165/172 patients); in 7 cases (4.1 %) the endoscopic procedures were not successful. Among the foreign bodies removed were various metal or plastic objects: hooks, batteries, coins, keys, screws, razor blades, lighters, buttons, toys, 3 toothbrushes as well as impacted safety pins. In patients with successful endoscopic removal, no significant complications were noted. In 12 patients (12/165, 7.2 %), hemorrhages from the region of the esophagogastric junction or stomach were observed; endoscopic hemostasis was performed in 10/12 patients. Conclusions Urgent endoscopy has proved successful in removing true foreign bodies from the upper gastrointestinal tract in the analyzed period. Different factors affect the success of urgent intervention, the most important being adequate experience, skills, and patience of the endoscopic team.

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Urgent endoscopy in patients with “true foreign bodies” in the upper gastrointestinal tract – a retrospective study of the period 1994–2018

Skok

2020

Z Gastroenterol

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“…Complications, such as GIT perforation, regularly occur with impacted chicken or fish bones, and complications following ingestion of toothpicks or sharp, metal objects have also been described (11)(12)(13)(14). Especially in the Far East (Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong) impacted fish bones may cause complications, a result of local dietary habits (15).…”

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The role of emergency endoscopy in upper git foreign body extraction

Skok

Ocepek

Ćeranić

2021

AMB

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Purpose: Foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) rarely cause urgent problems in gastroenterology. The purpose of the study was to assess the percentage of patients in whom urgent endoscopic investigation revealed true foreign bodies in the upper GIT and to evaluate the success of emergency endoscopic procedures. Methods: The study includes patients in whom urgent endoscopic investigations of the upper GIT were performed in the period 1 January 1994 to 1 May 2008. Results: 8552 patients were investigated, average age 60.6 years (SD±17.1 years, range 1–106 years), with 3276 (38 %) females and 5276 males (62 %). In 69 patients (0.8 %), “true” foreign bodies were detected in the esophagus or stomach. In these patients a total of 90 endoscopic investigations were performed: in 65/69 patients (94.2%) the foreign bodies were removed endoscopically; in 4 (5.8 %) cases the endoscopic procedures were unsuccessful. Among the foreign bodies removed were a variety metal or plastic objects, such as coins, keys, screws, hooks, batteries, razor blades, needles, lighters, buttons, and parts of kitchen, toilet or writing utensils. In patients with successful endoscopic removal of the objects, no significant complications were noted. In 4 patients (4/69, 5.8 %) mild hemorrhages from the region of the esophagogastric junction were observed. Conclusion: Endoscopic technologies allow successful removal of a variety of types of foreign bodies from the upper GIT.

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“…Examples include calcifications in an abdominal x-ray and CT, or increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake of the masticatory muscles and surrounding inflammatory reaction in positron emission tomography [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Chewing-Gum as a Confounder for Intracranial Haemangiopericytoma Oral Metastasis

Teijeiro¹

2017

JDODT

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Chewing gum bezoar

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Urgent endoscopy in patients with “true foreign bodies” in the upper gastrointestinal tract – a retrospective study of the period 1994–2018

Urgent endoscopy in patients with “true foreign bodies” in the upper gastrointestinal tract – a retrospective study of the period 1994–2018

The role of emergency endoscopy in upper git foreign body extraction

Chewing-Gum as a Confounder for Intracranial Haemangiopericytoma Oral Metastasis

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