Rice cake ileus

Osamu Imataki; Makiko Uemura

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8587

Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2024)

Rice cake ileus

Osamu Imataki,
Makiko Uemura

Affiliations

Osamu Imataki: Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Kagawa University Kagawa Japan
Makiko Uemura: Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Kagawa University Kagawa Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8587
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key Clinical Message Japanese rice cake, mochi, is made from glutinous rice, a very sticky food. Mochi is a popular preserved food during the New Year holiday celebration. However, mochi can be hazardous because of lethal choking or ileus.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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