DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015AI3079 A 9-year-old girl with adequate growth and psychomotor development for her age was referred to our emergency service in March 2012 due to epigastralgia, postprandial vomiting, which started 2 days earlier, and a solid mobile epigastric mass of hard consistency. The patient had a history of trichophagia and, 2 years before she had been submitted to a laparotomy ...

Early childhood trichotillomania (TTM) has often been considered to be benign. However, untreated early childhood TTM can have significant negative physical and psychological consequences. This report describes the behavioral treatment of a 29-month-old girl with TTM. Treatment consisted of 14 daily sessions of behavioral intervention, followed by 3 consecutive days of follow-up treatment condu...

Trichobezoar is an intraluminal mass formed from the accumulation of undigested hair. It a rare condition that typically seen in young females with trichophagia and trichotillomania. When not recognized, it may present complications such as obstruction, ulceration some cases, perforation. While most trichobezoar perforations are located stomach, however, duodenal perforation has been reported b...

Sindrom Rapunzel merupakan kondisi medis terdapatnya massa (gumpalan) rambut yang terperangkap di gaster atau sampai menuju usus halus. Gangguan psikiatri trikotilomania dan trikofagia menjadi faktor predisposisi gastric trichobezoar. Kondisi ini dominan ditemukan pada remaja perempuan. Manifestasi klinis biasanya non-spesifik berupa nyeri abdomen, mual, muntah. Endoskopi baku emas diagnosis. M...

A bezoar is an intraluminal mass formed by the accumulation of undigested material in the gastrointestinal tract. Trichobezoar is a rare condition seen almost exclusively in young women with trichotillomania and trichotillophagia. When not recognized, the trichobezoar continues to grow, which increases the risk of severe complications such as gastric ulceration and even perforation. Formation o...

Objectives. (1) Report the case of a 5-year-old female with trichotillomania and trichophagia that suffered airway compromise during esophagogastroduodenoscopy for removal of a trichobezoar. (2) Provide management recommendations for an unusual foreign body causing extubation and partial airway obstruction. Methods. Case report of a rare situation of airway compromise caused by a trichobezoar. ...

ABSTRACT: Trichobezoar in two different localizations at the same time: a case report occurs when hair cannot be digested and accumulated gastrointestinal tract after ingestion patients with trichobezoar, trichotillomania, trichophagia. It is frequently seen girls aged 13-20 years accompanied by psychiatric disorders. A trichobezoar presented time. 16-year-old girl weighing 56 kg to another hos...

A 6-year old girl was seen by local practitioner with complaints of fever. On routine examination a lump was palpable in the epigastric and the left hypochondriac regions. There were no associated symptoms like hematemesis, melena, abdominal pain, distension of abdomen or vomiting. There was no history of abnormal behavior. Her developmental history was appropriate for age. The patient had not ...

Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare complication of a gastric trichobezoar in. We report here the unusual case of a case of a 16 years old girl presented with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Clinical examination revealed a malnourished girl, with presence of a mobile and sensitive abdominal mass of 20x15 cm witch filled the upper quadrant. An abdominal computed tomography scan showed a h...