Giant Gastroduodenal Trichobezoar: An Endoscopic Surprise

A trichobezoar is a rare condition, mostly seen in teenage girls with abnormal psychiatric behavior of eating hairs and nails (trichophagia). Trichobezoar may rarely present with nonspecific abdominal symptoms without obvious trichotillomania and trichophagia. Trichobezoar can be complicated with po...

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Main Authors: Ashish Kumar Jha, Manish Kumar Mishra, Rakesh Kumar, Madhur Chaudhary, Shubham Purkayastha, Praveen Jha, Nazis Raza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_2_18