A Huge Gastric Trichobezoar in a Teenage Girl

A Huge Gastric Trichobezoar in a Teenage Girl

A 13-year-old girl presented with a history of not being wellduring the past six months. The ultrasound examinationshowed an epigastric mass, which was diagnosed as a bezoarwithin the stomach in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Thepatient was managed by operative evacuation. It was interestingthat...

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Main Authors: Seyed Mohammad Vahid Hosseini, Hamid Reza Foroutan, Sirous Abbasi, Seyed Abbas Banani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Trichobezoar
syndrome
abdominal
mass
surgical treatment
Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/files/PDFfiles/11-Dr_%20Hosseini.pdf

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