ArticleCureus2024
The Diagnosis of Trichobezoar Based on the Presence of Hypercholesterolemia: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Trichobezoar refers to the collection of ingested hair accumulating in the gastric mucosa folds, which are found in patients with trichotillomania and trichophagia. We present a case of a nine-year-old girl in Japan who was found to have hypercholesterolemia in the universal lipid screening as a part of the annual health checkups for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. Further examination revealed a palpable mass without any digestive symptoms. Imaging studies and the patient's history of pica indicated trichobezoar and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a large hairball occupying the entire lumen of the stomach. Thereafter, the large trichobezoar was removed by laparotomy and psychological support was provided to her to prevent its recurrence. Hypercholesterolemia improved after the removal of trichobezoar, which suggests an association between a large trichobezoar and cholesterol metabolism. Hypercholesterolemia may serve as a clue to the identification of trichobezoar.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.