Trichobezoar:A rare cause of bowel obstruction

Trichobezoar:A rare cause of bowel obstruction

A bezoar is an intraluminal mass formed by the accumulation of undigested material in the gastrointestinal tract. A trichobezoar is a bezoar made up of hair and is a rare cause of bowel obstruction of the proximal gastrointes-tinal tract. They are seen mostly in young women with trichotillomania and...

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Published in:World journal of gastrointestinal surgery Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 54 - 55
Main Author: Gaujoux, Sébastien
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 27-04-2011
Subjects:
Bezoar
Case Report
Obstruction
tillomania
Tricho
Trichobezoar
Bezoar
Trichobezoar
Obstruction
Trichotillomania
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Summary:A bezoar is an intraluminal mass formed by the accumulation of undigested material in the gastrointestinal tract. A trichobezoar is a bezoar made up of hair and is a rare cause of bowel obstruction of the proximal gastrointes-tinal tract. They are seen mostly in young women with trichotillomania and trichotillophagia and symptoms include epigastric pain, nausea, loss of appetite and bowel or gastric outlet obstruction. We herein describe a case of a trichobezoar that presented as a gastric outlet obstruction and was subsequently successfully removed via a laparotomy.
Bibliography:Sébastien Gaujoux, Gaёlle Bach, Joyce Au, Ga lle Godiris-Petit, Nicolas Munoz-Bongrand, Pierre Cattan, Emile Sarfati, Department of Digestive Surgery, H?pital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris, and University Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France ,Department of Radiology, H?pital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris, and University Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, United States
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Author contributions: Munoz-Bongrand N, Cattan P and Sarfati E designed the research; Gaujoux S, Godiris-Petit G and Bach G performed the research; Gaujoux S and Au J wrote the paper; Cattan P and Sarfati E did the critical review.
Correspondence to: Pierre Cattan, MD, PhD, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France. pierre.cattan@sls.aphp.fr
Telephone: +33-1-42499189 Fax: +33-1-42499757
ISSN:1948-9366
1948-9366
DOI:10.4240/wjgs.v3.i4.54