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J Gastrointest Surg
; 21(6): 1093-1094, 2017 06.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27659788
RESUMO
Trichotillomania and trichotillophagia can cause the formation of enormous intragastric hairballs. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who was brought to the emergency service for evaluation of an acute abdomen. Abdominal CT scanner showed a giant gastric trichobezoar which had to be removed by susombilical laparotomy and transverse gastrotomy. This case illustrates the fairly uncommon perforation risk of these gastric bezoars.