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Case Reports
. 1988 Jan;83(1):74-6.

Polystyrene bezoar in a patient with polystyrenomania

C R Finley Jr  1 , E W Hellmuth, T T Schubert
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  • PMID: 3337063
Case Reports

Polystyrene bezoar in a patient with polystyrenomania

C R Finley Jr et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

A 35-yr-old man with hematemesis, epigastric pain, and no predisposing factors to delayed gastric emptying was found to have a gastric bezoar. Surgical removal was required. Pathological and biochemical examination revealed a mass composed of polystyrene. This represents an unusual composition and a newly recognized predisposing factor to bezoar formation, "polystyrenomania" from ingestion of styrofoam cups.

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