'A CRUNCHING COLON'
We report a case of a man, aged 62 years, with a rectal bezoar composed of pumpkin seeds
(Thanks to ScottMGS, who says "Rectal Bezoar opened for the Crunching Colons back in aught five.")
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We report a case of a man, aged 62 years, with a rectal bezoar composed of pumpkin seeds
(Thanks to ScottMGS, who says "Rectal Bezoar opened for the Crunching Colons back in aught five.")
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Bezoars are a minor plot point in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Posted by: wiredog | March 30, 2015 at 11:04 AM
This of course, will lead to those irritating litigation commercials that will start out with...
"Did you try to grow a Pumpkin Patch in your colon,
only to develop a bezoar impact? Blah-Blah Attorneys
at law...."
Posted by: funny man | March 30, 2015 at 11:23 AM
I think Manual Disimpaction is one of the crew that tends my lawn.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | March 30, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Too bad the afflicted wasn't a mathematician; he could have...
Posted by: texican | March 30, 2015 at 11:42 AM
On Halloween night, The Great Pumpkin rises out of the
crunching colonpumpkin patch ..Posted by: Linus van Pelt | March 30, 2015 at 12:04 PM
There's a word in this article's title I've never encountered before, and I'm afraid to look it up.
Posted by: Clankie | March 30, 2015 at 12:14 PM
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Bezoar
Posted by: wiredog | March 30, 2015 at 12:59 PM
How bezoar.
Posted by: Head_Smashed_In | March 30, 2015 at 02:28 PM
Clankie, I've found that most words that appear next to "rectal" are not good.
Posted by: MOTW | March 30, 2015 at 02:29 PM
"Give me Coca-Cola or give me surgery! A 2013 review of three databases identified 24 publications presenting 46 patients treated with Coca-Cola for phytobezoars. (Phytobezoars are composed of indigestible plant material). The cola was administered in doses of 500 mL to up to 3000 mL over 24 hours, orally or by gastric lavage. A total of 91.3% of patients had complete resolution after treatment with Coca-Cola: 50% after a single treatment, others requiring the cola plus endoscopic removal. Surgical removal was resorted to in four patients. -- Wikipedia
Posted by: Craig B. | March 30, 2015 at 03:11 PM
TMI
Posted by: ubetcha | March 30, 2015 at 04:16 PM
Really, this blog's website should end in .edu. I'm always learning new things here...some of them (not this one) are even useful.
Posted by: Gargoyle Socks | March 30, 2015 at 04:52 PM
Is a bezoar anything like a bazoom?
Posted by: OldPhil | March 30, 2015 at 07:25 PM
It's a bezoar, bub!
Posted by: PirateBoy, Channeling Queen | March 30, 2015 at 08:36 PM
Oh, I get it.
Coke and Pumpklin seeds, the new spin on
playing Rushing Roulette...
Posted by: Dr. Ozzie | March 30, 2015 at 08:39 PM
Craig B.... There is a case report of coca cola dissolving a gummy bear bezoar as well.
BTW...I hear that Rectal Bezoar puts on a pick ass show.
Posted by: Heywood | March 30, 2015 at 11:37 PM
I learned another new word while reading about bezoars on Wikipedia:
Inspissation
Inspissation is the process of thickening by dehydration.
lerning is gud!
Posted by: Kennef | March 31, 2015 at 10:29 AM
Bezoar, one of my favorite words ever! Sounds like a name for a Star Trek villain.
Posted by: Dawn | April 01, 2015 at 05:09 PM