|
1
|
Oka A, Ishihara S, Mikami H, Sonoyama H, Mishiro T, Tobita H, Kawashima K, Miyake T, Ishimura N, Furuta K, Kinoshita Y, Nishina M. Retained Rice Cake: A Unique Upper Gastrointestinal Foreign Body: Case Report and a Literature Review. Intern Med 2019; 58:2485-2494. [PMID: 31178509 PMCID: PMC6761341 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2760-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
As a rarely recognized foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract, rice cake frequently requires endoscopic removal. We herein report six patients with characteristic sonography, computed tomography (CT), spectroscopy, endoscopy, and histological findings. A review of all published cases, including ours, revealed that retained rice cake in the stomach typically shows the following: abdominal pain (93.3%), mucosal injury (93.3%) with bleeding (42.9%); high-density (120-206 Hounsfield units) CT findings; and indication for endoscopy (80%). In the esophagus, hot, toasted rice cake causes thermal injury. Primary physicians should be aware of this popular-food-induced, but rare, disorder.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Akihiko Oka
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
| | - Shunji Ishihara
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Shimane University Hospital, Japan
| | - Hironobu Mikami
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Division of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hamada Medical Center, Japan
| | - Hiroki Sonoyama
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
| | - Tsuyoshi Mishiro
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Division of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hamada Medical Center, Japan
| | - Hiroshi Tobita
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
| | - Kousaku Kawashima
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Shimane University Hospital, Japan
| | - Tatsuya Miyake
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Division of Hepatology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
| | - Norihisa Ishimura
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
| | - Kenji Furuta
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Otsu Internal Medicine Clinic, Japan
| | - Yoshikazu Kinoshita
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
| | - Masayoshi Nishina
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
| |
Collapse
|