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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Gastric bezoars were observed after esophageal variceal injection of polidocanol in 5 of 56 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis treated by endoscopic sclerosis. We suggest that endoscopic sclerotherapy could have induced a transient vagal injury resulting in delayed gastric emptying and subsequent bezoar formation. Although the volume of sclerosant (25-35 ml per session) and the length of the injector needle (4 mm) were the same in all patients, two reasons could explain the occurrence of bezoars in these five patients: a deeper injection of sclerosant, and a worsening of a preexistent vagal neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus and/or alcoholism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
818-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastric bezoar: another side effect of endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Hepatogastroenterologic Unit, University Hospital Center, Amiens, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports