[The physician at wit's end; a bezoar].
The case is described of a three-year-old Moroccan girl with iron deficiency anaemia and a bezoar resulting from trichotillomania and trichophagy leading to a slowly developed obstruction ileus. Causes, symptoms and treatment of the various forms of bezoar are discussed.
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Zeister Algemeen Ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie.
Dommering
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D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications
De dokter met de handen in het haar; een bezoar.