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N S Squyres

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Popcorn primary colonic phytobezoar.

A compulsive popcorn eater presented with complaints of abdominal and rectal pain, abdominal distention, and obstipation of one week's duration. Physical examination revealed a large lower abdominal mass, and roentgenograms demonstrated a large bezoar in the rectosigmoid region. This case describes the first report of a primary colonic bezoar caused by the ingestion of raw popcorn kernels.

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