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Rare disease
Metal in stomach: a rare cause of gastric bezoar
Summary
Bezoars are conglomerates of undigested organic matter, which forms a mass in the gastrointestinal tract. This report describes a patient who developed a gastric bezoar from ingesting a large number of metal objects in order to “treat” his pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Competing interests: None.
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