title: Paper bezoar in the stomach.
abstract: A toilet paper bezoar caused acute abdominal distention and symptoms of an acute condition of the abdomen in a 5-year-old boy. Simple gastrotomy served to clear the paper bezoar and relieve the gastric obstruction after nonoperative methods failed.
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010209:Paper; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery