Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame
Trichobezoar, a ball of hair in the stomach, is an under-diagnosed problem that should be considered in patients with an upper abdominal pain and mass, weight loss, and bowel obstruction especially in young girls with underlying psychiatric disorder or mental retardation. Patients with sickle cell d...
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| author | M.S. El-Mekkawy A.H. Hosam A. Rabah M. Mosaad |
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| description | Trichobezoar, a ball of hair in the stomach, is an under-diagnosed problem that should be considered in patients with an upper abdominal pain and mass, weight loss, and bowel obstruction especially in young girls with underlying psychiatric disorder or mental retardation. Patients with sickle cell disease are susceptible to experiencing pica including, in rare occasions, trichophagia that could lead to formation of a trichobezoar, resulting in serious abdominal complications which are likely to be confused with ordinary vaso-occlusive pain crises. Here we present the rare case of gastric trichobezoar in a 9 year old girl with sickle cell anemia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc78973a2c1f4f4f90197e5a5211f5542022-12-21T19:20:19ZengSpringerOpenThe Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine0378-603X2014-09-0145365766210.1016/j.ejrnm.2014.04.017Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blameM.S. El-Mekkawy0A.H. Hosam1A. Rabah2M. Mosaad3Department of Pediatrics, Menoufiya University, Menoufiya, EgyptDepartment of Radiology, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptDepartment of General Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Anesthesiology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, EgyptTrichobezoar, a ball of hair in the stomach, is an under-diagnosed problem that should be considered in patients with an upper abdominal pain and mass, weight loss, and bowel obstruction especially in young girls with underlying psychiatric disorder or mental retardation. Patients with sickle cell disease are susceptible to experiencing pica including, in rare occasions, trichophagia that could lead to formation of a trichobezoar, resulting in serious abdominal complications which are likely to be confused with ordinary vaso-occlusive pain crises. Here we present the rare case of gastric trichobezoar in a 9 year old girl with sickle cell anemia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14000886TrichophagiaSickle cell anemiaTrichotillomaniaTrichobezoar |
| spellingShingle | M.S. El-Mekkawy A.H. Hosam A. Rabah M. Mosaad Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Trichophagia Sickle cell anemia Trichotillomania Trichobezoar |
| title | Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame |
| title_full | Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame |
| title_fullStr | Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame |
| title_short | Trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia: A pain crisis is not always to blame |
| title_sort | trichobezoar in a patient with sickle cell anemia a pain crisis is not always to blame |
| topic | Trichophagia Sickle cell anemia Trichotillomania Trichobezoar |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14000886 |
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