DIOSPYROBEZOAR
1953; American Medical Association; Volume: 66; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archsurg.1953.01260030877016
ISSN2376-3566
Autores Tópico(s)Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
ResumoIN THE 14 cases presented here there is a definite history of the ingestion of persimmons and diospyrobezoar at surgery or necropsy. Available data presented in 46 cases 1 in the literature are analyzed. The term diospyrobezoar was suggested by DeBakey and Ochsner 2 for concretions of persimmon origin in the gastrointestinal tract. These authors reviewed 311 collected cases of bezoars and concretions and found that 92 (29.5%) were diospyrobezoars. However, only five bezoars of other origin were encountered at the University Hospital during the period of time represented by our 14 cases of diospyrobezoars. The University Hospital serves indigent patients from the State of Oklahoma, which is located in the persimmon belt. PATHOGENESIS The persimmon is a plum-like fruit of a tree which has a natural distribution in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This geographic factor contributes to the regional occurrence of
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