| Huge simultaneous trichobezoars causing gastric and small-bowel obstruction. | |
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PMID: 22247733 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Bezoars are concretions of foreign materials that impair gastrointestinal motility or cause intestinal obstruction in the stomach, small intestine or bowel of humans or animals. There are many types of them such as phyto, lacto and trichobezoars. Although bezoars are not rare, multiple giant bezoars which totally fill the stomach lumen and have extension to the small intestine (Rapunzel syndrome) are very rare. This is a case report of a young girl who had a history of trichophagia and presented with partial gastric and intestinal obstructive signs. The patient was healthy, and her physical exam was almost normal and the only positive thing in her past medical history was trichophagia from several years ago. She had a big trapped bobble in her stomach and several air-fluid levels in abdominal radiograph and was investigated with endoscopy which confirmed the diagnosis of a huge gastric trichobezoar. |
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Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei; Mohammadrasoul Herfatkar; Massih Sedigh-Rahimabadi; Mohammad Lebani-Motlagh; Farahnaz Joukar |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Volume: 16 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1735-7136 ISO Abbreviation: J Res Med Sci Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-01-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101235599 Medline TA: J Res Med Sci Country: Iran |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S447-52 Citation Subset: - |
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Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center (GLDRC), Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. |
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