TY - JOUR T1 - Recurrent gastric metal bezoar: a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2017-221928 VL - 2017 SP - bcr-2017-221928 AU - Elias Chahine AU - Lionel El Khoury AU - Ramez Baghdady AU - Elie Chouillard Y1 - 2017/09/27 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-221928.abstract N2 - A 52-year-old male patient with psychiatric medical history who presented to the emergency department five times during a period of 5 years due to gastric outlet obstruction manifested mainly by abdominal pain, vomiting and haematemesis after intentionally ingesting metals and which necessitate several surgical interventions. Lately, he presented with generalised peritonitis due to gastric perforation from metal bezoars. Chronic abdominal symptoms in patient having a psychiatric disorder can be due to foreign body ingestion. Treatment is often surgical and the whole digestive tract should be explored to avoid retained bezoars. ER -