Geophagia

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Work up for abdominal pain in a patient with anemia.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Innumerable adjacent hyperdense foci are seen within the colon, particularly in the rectosigmoid. 

Case Discussion

The patient used to swallow ordinary soil probably because of anemia, and the opacity is due to silis in the soil due to geophagia.

A case of Prof. Saeed Rad, Tabriz, Iran.

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