ArticleBMJ case reports2014
Trichobezoar: a diagnosis which is hard to swallow and harder to digest.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Pediatric Rapunzel Syndrome Presenting With Jejunojejunal Intussusception Managed Surgically: A Rare Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Gastrointestinal Bezoars in Paediatrics: Case Series and Literature Review.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS · 2024Review
- Trichobezoar as a cause of pediatric acute small bowel obstruction.Clinical case reports · 2020Article
- Large gastric trichobezoar causing failure to thrive and iron deficiency anaemia in an adolescent girl: a case report emphasising the imaging findings and review of the literature.BJR case reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
An 11-year-old girl with normal development and good academic progress at school presented with an abdominal mass. She lived with her aunt as her mother suffered from severe bipolar disorder and was unable to raise her. There were also multiple bereavements in the family. She had a history of alopecia and admitted to have eaten her hair to relieve stress. Examination was normal apart from a solid mass in the left hypogastrium. CT abdomen revealed a huge intra-abdominal mass covering most of the lumen. Open laparotomy was performed to remove the mass which was confirmed to be a trichobezoar. She made a good postoperative recovery and was discharged after 7 days. She has been referred to psychology services. Bereavement alone without psychiatric, physical disability or autism can be associated with trichobezoar. More studies are needed to study the association of trichotillomania, trichophagia and trichobezoar.
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