Persimmon bezoar successfully treated by oral intake of Coca-Cola: a case report.
BACKGROUND
An 82-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of upper abdominal pain. Subsequently, a bezoar and a gastric ulcer were detected by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.


METHODS
The bezoar was dark green in color and extremely hard, having a major axis of 7 cm. After hospitalization, 500-1000 ml/day of Coca-Cola was orally administered continuously for 3 weeks.


CONCLUSIONS
Thereafter, the bezoar decreased in size to a major axis of 4 cm and showed a softening trend. Therefore, lithotripsy was thereafter carried out under endoscopy using forceps.
Hayashi
Kazuki
K
Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. hohara@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp.
Ohara
Hirotaka
H
Naitoh
Itaru
I
Okumura
Fumihiro
F
Andoh
Tomoaki
T
Itoh
Takafumi
T
Nakazawa
Takahiro
T
Joh
Takashi
T