Trichobezoar with duodenal perforation: a rare occurrence

Trichobezoar Causing Gastric Perforation: A Case Report

Trichobezoars are impactions of swallowed hairs in the stomach and occasionally in the intestine. They occur in emotionally disturbed, depressed, or mentally retarded patients who have trichotillomania and trichophagia. Trichobezoars are usually diagnosed on CT scan or upper GI endoscopy. They can give rise to complications like gastroduodenal ulceration, haemorrhage, perforation, peritonitis, ...

Spontaneous Rectal Perforation: A Rare Occurrence

Conservative Management of Duodenal Perforation with Toothpick in a 9- Year Old Girl; a Case Report

Background Foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. Most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (GI) system but sharp materials may perforate the GI tract and need to surgical intervention. Case Presentation  The patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. S...

Trichobezoar Causing Gastric Perforation: A Case Report.

Trichobezoars are impactions of swallowed hairs in the stomach and occasionally in the intestine. They occur in emotionally disturbed, depressed, or mentally retarded patients who have trichotillomania and trichophagia. Trichobezoars are usually diagnosed on CT scan or upper GI endoscopy. They can give rise to complications like gastroduodenal ulceration, haemorrhage, perforation, peritonitis, ...

Duodenal diverticulum with retroperitoneal perforation.

A 62-year-old woman had a 12-hour history of acute-onset epigastric and right upper quadrant pain with radiation to the back. She was febrile, had a diffusely tender abdomen with no peritoneal signs and a leukocytosis of 14.0 × 109/L. An abdominal series did not show evidence of free air. CT of the abdomen revealed peripancreatic fat stranding and retroperitoneal gas bubbles at the third and fo...