Epigastric mass in a young girl: trichobezoar. Imaging diagnosis.
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ABSTRACT
A 16-year old girl presented with a history of abdominal pain, lump in epigastrium since one year. The ultrasound examination showed an epigastric mass, which was delineated as a filling defect in the stomach on barium studies. Upper GI endoscopy showed a large intragastric mass composed of hair. The CT scan showed a gastric mass extending to the duodenum. She was managed by surgical removal. A large gastric trichobezoar extending upto the jejunum was found. This case highlights the characteristic radiological appearance on barium, ultrasound and computed tomography of a bezoar within the stomach and a trichobezoar with a long tail extending upto the jejunum without intestinal obstruction is unusual.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Stomach Diseases
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Trichotillomania
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Bezoars
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Female
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Humans
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Foreign-Body Reaction
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Adolescent
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Hair
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Intestinal Obstruction
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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