Citation

Goldman RD, Schachter P, Katz M, Bilik R, Avigad I. Pediatr. Surg. Int. 1998; 14(3): 218-219.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, C. Sheba Medical Center,

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9880754

Abstract

A bizarre case of a foreign-body bezoar is presented. A 16-year-old girl swallowed large amounts of toilet paper as a means of dieting. She presented with a palpable abdominal mass, multiple bezoars in the bowel, and paper excretion in the feces before admitting intentional ingestion of toilet-paper balls. Administration of Gastrografin via a nasogastric tube and enemas resulted in gradual excretion of the paper balls.

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