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Medicine 2018-Dec

A huge gastric bezoar treated by traditional Chinese medicine purgative: A case report.

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Qianlan Dai
Feng Jiang

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Currently, the mainstream treatment for gastric bezoars is endoscopic lithotripsy. This report describes traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) purgative cured a 62-year-old woman with a huge gastric bezoar accompanied by isolated esophageal venous aneurysms and multiple bleeding gastric ulcers.A 62-year-old woman with several symptoms, including epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting, hiccups, heartburn, and dark, loose stools. The patient showed abdominal tenderness, positive Murphy sign, hyperactive bowel sounds, a pale tongue with scalloped edges, greasy moss, and pulse moisten. A complementary examination revealed the presence of occult blood in the vomit.The patient was diagnosed with isolated esophageal venous aneurysms, gastric bezoars, and multiple bleeding gastric ulcers. Gastroscopy revealed a 0.6 cm blue uplift, a smooth surface, and a regular and clearly defined dentate line. A large bezoar was observed in the stomach cavity with a dark red blood in the surface. The gastric angle showed multiple lesions, with their largest diameter being 2.5 cm, blood was oozing from these ulcers.The patient was prescribed a TCM purgative combined with omeprazole enteric-coated tablets. Three days after admission, the patient was diagnosed with isolated esophageal venous aneurysms, gastric bezoars, multiple bleeding gastric ulcers. A specific herbal formula was prescribed to eliminate the bezoar. In addition, conventional western medicine was used for the patient, such as pantoprazole sodium intravenous infusion to inhibit gastric acid and sodium bicarbonate solution orally to soften the gastric bezoar.After 5 days, the patient had complete relief from all remaining symptoms, including stomach pain and hiccups. Follow-up gastroscopy revealed that the venous aneurysm and gastric bezoar had disappeared, and the ulcer had reduced in size to approximately 0.6 to 0.8 cm. The patient was discharged after recovery and did not relapse for 3 years.TCM combined with conventional western medicine to treat huge gastric bezoars and its complications is effective and safe, and worth to be recommended as an alternative to endoscopic lithotripsy.

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