Giant gastric and duodenal trichobezoar

Giant trichobezoar mimicking gastric tumour.

We present a case of giant gastric trichobezoar retrieved through a long gastrotomy in a 40 years old married women from rural Sindh with unreported psychological disturbance. Trichobezoar almost exclusively occur in females with an underlying psychiatric disorder. It has an insidious development of symptoms which accounts for its delayed presentation and large size at the time of diagnosis. Th...

Giant Gastric Trichobezoar In A Female Teenager

Trichobezoar is a rare pathology in which swallowed hairs accumulate in the stomach. Large amounts can thus accumulate over the years forming a hair ball. The usual presentatation is with early satiety and malnutrition. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with abdominal pain, epigastric mass and malnutrition, who have a history of trichophagia. A small trichobezoar can be treated us...

Giant gastric trichobezoar: a direct indication to surgery.

Gastric trichobezoar

Trichobezoar is a rare gastrointestinal pathology, but should be considered in patients with abdominal mass and previous history of trichophagia. In physical examination, it is important to verify signs of alopecia. Minimally invasive surgery is a secure method to remove the specimen from the stomach.

Gastric trichobezoar: case report.

Bezoars are foreign bodies impacted in the digestive tract resulting of their ingestion and accumulation, involving mainly the stomach. The most common types are phytobezoars, containing vegetables, fiber and seed, and the trichobezoar, made of hair. The present case is the description of a 25-year-old female with nonspecific dyspeptic symptoms associated to intestinal habit change. The diagnos...