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We report a case of gastric trichobezoar in a pediatric patient who had trichotillomania and trichophagia, in whom a gastric ulcer was found in a barium radiograph and confirmed at surgery, when the trichobezoar was extracted. We review the different clinical features of this strange clinical entity.
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PMID:[Trichobezoar and gastric ulcer in pediatrics: a case report]. 212 97

We present the case of a 16-year-old girl with a 12-year history of trichotillomania and trichotillophagia in combination with mental retardation and early childhood deprivation, all contributing to the growth of a stomach ulcer and an oversized, stomach-shaped trichobezoar which had to be removed by gastrotomy. Included are a discussion of psychodynamic aspects, therapeutic strategies, and significant literature, concluding with a short, historic view on the varieties and therapy of bezoars.
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PMID:[Trichobezoar in a 16-year old girl. Case report and review of literature]. 1098 14

Trichobezoar represents a mass of swallowed hair inside the stomach. Here we report a 17-year-old girl who presented in our department with symptoms of gastric ulcer. Ultrasound examination followed by upper endoscopy revealed a large trichobezoar in the stomach with simultaneous gastric perforation. Laparoscopy also revealed a penetration into the anterior abdominal wall accompanied by abscess at this level. We performed a laparoscopic gastrotomy with trichobezoar extraction and laparoscopic treatment of perforation and abdominal wall abscess. The postoperative evolution was normal and the patient was discharged on the fifth postoperative day. We show that laparoscopic approach may be safely used in the treatment of the large gastric complicated trichobezoar. Several laparoscopic approaches were described for the treatment of tricobezoar and its complications but as far as we know this is the first report of laparoscopic treatment of large tricobezoar and associate gastric perforation.
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PMID:[Laparoscopic treatment of a large trichobezoar in the stomach with gastric perforation and abdominal wall abscess]. 2114 Nov 2