Popcorn primary colonic phytobezoar.
A compulsive popcorn eater presented with complaints of abdominal and rectal pain, abdominal distention, and obstipation of one week's duration. Physical examination revealed a large lower abdominal mass, and roentgenograms demonstrated a large bezoar in the rectosigmoid region. This case describes the first report of a primary colonic bezoar caused by the ingestion of raw popcorn kernels.
Roberge
R J
RJ
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida School of Medicine, University Hospital of Jacksonville 32209.
Squyres
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NS
MacMath
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D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003106:Colon; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D003313:Zea mays / Q000009:adverse effects