A 42-year-old man with severe chronic schizophrenia who was on no medications presented to the internal medicine ward with a 2-week history of vomiting and 10-kg weight loss in the past 3 months. He was known to ingest small objects, which passed the gastrointestinal tract without requiring intervention.

Pica in a patient with schizophrenia / Iuliano, Luigi; Carbone, Iacopo; Cavallaro, Giuseppe. - In: CMAJ. - ISSN 0820-3946. - 196:26(2024). [10.1503/cmaj.240393]

Pica in a patient with schizophrenia

Iuliano, Luigi;Carbone, Iacopo;Cavallaro, Giuseppe
2024

Abstract

A 42-year-old man with severe chronic schizophrenia who was on no medications presented to the internal medicine ward with a 2-week history of vomiting and 10-kg weight loss in the past 3 months. He was known to ingest small objects, which passed the gastrointestinal tract without requiring intervention.
2024
Pica; schizophrenia; computed tomography
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Pica in a patient with schizophrenia / Iuliano, Luigi; Carbone, Iacopo; Cavallaro, Giuseppe. - In: CMAJ. - ISSN 0820-3946. - 196:26(2024). [10.1503/cmaj.240393]
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