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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Bezoars are foreign bodies impacted in the digestive tract resulting of their ingestion and accumulation, involving mainly the stomach. The most common types are phytobezoars, contaning vegetables, fiber and seed and the trichobezoar, made of hair.
Adauto Botelho Megale +4 more
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Gastric Trichobezoar with Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rarity in Rarity

NMO Journal
A trichobezoar is a collection or accumulation of hair (tricho) in the cavity of the stomach. It is mostly seen in young females who have underlying psychological illnesses leading to hair-eating habits (trichophagia). It is non-digestible to the gastric
B. Sriharsha +3 more
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PICA WITH AN UNUSUAL FORM OF PRESENTATION: A CASE REPORT [PDF]

, 2015
Geophagia is a condition involving the consumption of mud and is a form of eating disorder known as pica. Pica is an unusual craving for ingestion ofeither edible or inedible substances.
Acharya, Aditi +3 more
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Uncommon Presentation of Gastric Trichobezoar: A Case Report

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2015
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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'Rapunzel syndrome' trichobezoar in a 7-year-old girl: a case report [PDF]