title: Treatment of gastric phytobezoars with Coca-Cola given via oral route: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 43-year-old female patient presented with a chief complaint of upper abdominal pain. As her complaints had lasted for 1 month, an upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy was performed and discovered a bezoar in the stomach.
  
  
  METHODS
  The bezoar was quite hard and light green-yellow in color. Pathological examination revealed phytobezoar. The patient was hospitalized and given oral Coca-Cola(®) Zero for seven days at a dose of 500 mL three times daily.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy performed at the end of 7 days showed that the phytobezoar had softened and become smaller. The phytobezoar was broken into pieces with biopsy forceps and washing was applied, so the phytobezoar pieces could pass through the pylorus. The patient was discharged after the procedure without problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Düzce Atatürk State Hospital, Muncurlu, Düzce, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ertuğrul
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: Mahsuni
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sevinç
authors.forename: Fisun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ertuğrul
authors.forename: Toygar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toydemir