Raja Ghulam Asghar.
Recurrent Trichobezoar in Trichtillomania
Pak J Surg Apr - Jun 2004;20(1):49-51.
Dow Medical College & Hamdard Medical College, Karachi
This is the case report of a girl, aged eight years, who presented with abdominal pain and mass. After investigations she was operated and found to have a Trichobezoar in the stomach. She was referred to the psychiatrists who diagnosed her as a case of Trichtillomania. She disappeared from the hospital but came back after three years with similar clinical features. She was operated and a Trichobezoar was again removed.
Category: Case Reports
Keywords: Trichobezoar. Trichtillomania. Rapunzel Syndrome. Gastric Fistula.
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