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oesophageal bezoar induced by black beans successfully removed by associating endoscopy and oral sodium bicarbonate

Journal Volume 76 - 2013
Issue Fasc.3 - Letters
Author(s) Miao-Yan Chen, Zhi-Qiang Ying
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Department of internal medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China.

Bezoar in the oesophagus is infrequent. There is no report about raw black beans as possible cause. Black beans are the folk prescription for treating chronic consti- pation in China. We report a case of oesophageal bezoar in a patient with normal oesophagus.

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