Trichobezoar - A hair-raising surgical emergency
A trichobezoar is a mass of undigested hair in the proximal gastrointestinal tract. It is a rare condition seen in young females with psychiatric disorders of trichotillomania and trichophagia or mental retardation. We present a case of an intellectually
Beth Penington; Bendigo Base Hospital, Victoria, Australia +2 more
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All Tangled Up: Meter-Long Gastric Trichobezoar Causing Multiple Intussuscepting Points in an Adult. [PDF]
Lee DJW, Fong KL, Tee YC, Aldridge OB.
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Gastric remnant carcinoma : histochemical and immunohistochemical profile [PDF]
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-65).Gastric remnant carcinoma (GRC) is a gastric cancer that develops in gastric remnant more than five years after resection for benign disease. GRC comprises 1 %-9% of all gastric cancers.
Elazzabi, Tawfik
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Huge gastric trichobezoar caused by involuntary nocturnal trichophagia and trichotillomania in a female adolescent. [PDF]
López-Álvarez LM +5 more
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A rare giant gastric trichobezoar in a young female patient: Case report and review of the literature. [PDF]
Delimpaltadaki DG +7 more
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Uncommon Presentation of Gastric Trichobezoar: A Case Report
Every material that gastrointestinal system cannot digest will make a bezoar. Trichobezoar is the result of hair inges-tion whether self-hair or from others and is not a common disorder in humans.
Sam ZERAATIAN +3 more
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Giant trichobezoar of duodenojejunal flexure: A rare entity
Bezoars are concretions of undigested material in the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly in the stomach. Duodenojejunal localization of bezoars is exceptional.
Soufi Mehdi +5 more
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Trusting your gut: a hairy situation-gastric trichobezoar case report. [PDF]
Yeung A +6 more
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Silent Trichophagia Behind Visible Trichotillomania: A Case Report of a Giant Gastric Trichobezoar in an Adolescent With Intellectual Disability and Anemophobia. [PDF]
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