Kawanishi K, Ikeda Y. New Year's silent killer in Japan: Undigested mochi.
Clin Case Rep 2022;
10:e6682. [PMID:
36483879 PMCID:
PMC9723371 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.6682]
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Abstract
Swallowed rice cake (mochi) without chewing retained in the stomach intactly. We successfully treated the hardened mochi without surgery. Eye-catching images showed as many as 10 intact mochi in the stomach and endoscopic crushing procedure.
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