Potentially Lethal Combination of Fruit and Gastric Acid: The Persimmon Bezoar Causing Esophageal Rupture

Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Nov 1;118(11):1918. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002356. Epub 2023 Jun 13.

Authors

Shingo Yanari¹, Shusaku Sasaki¹, Hisaho Sato², Kaoru Ishida¹, Masahiro Kojika^{1

2}, Yoshihiro Inoue², Tomohiko Mase², Akira Sasaki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan.

PMID: 37307536
DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002356

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bezoars* / complications
Bezoars* / diagnostic imaging
Bezoars* / surgery
Digestive System
Diospyros*
Esophageal Diseases* / complications
Fruit / adverse effects
Gastric Acid
Humans