Gastric trichobezoar: case report.

Autor: Megale AB; Hospital Pedro Sanches, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. mzmegale@yahoo.com.br, Megale MZ, Miranda TA, Barbosa Dde O, Lourenço DL
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes [Rev Col Bras Cir] 2010 Oct; Vol. 37 (5), pp. 382-3.
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912010000500014
Abstrakt: 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 diagnosis was suggested by computerized tomography in association with clinical history--initially omitted by the patient--of trichophagia for 10 years. Treatment consisted of anterior gastrotomy and remotion of the bezoar.
Databáze: MEDLINE