title: [Trichobezoar. A rare cause of recurrent upper abdominal pain].
abstract: Recurrent abdominal pain in a two years old toddler and a sixteen years old girl were caused by huge trichobezoars, which in one case had a weight of 412 g and provoked a gastric ulcus. Removal was possible only by gastrotomy. Deprivation in infancy and childhood in combination with slight mental retardation had led the teenager to trichtillomania and -phagia for years and finally to a bezoar. A short historic survey of the variety and therapy of bezoars is added.
authors: Klinik für Pädiatrie, Medizinische Universität Lübeck.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ewert
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Keim
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Schulte-Markwort
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Der Trichobezoar. Eine seltene Ursache rezidivierender Oberbauchschmerzen.