title: CT diagnosis of a gastric trichobezoar.
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) for the evaluation of a palpable upper abdominal mass was performed in a young woman. The study demonstrated a non-attached intragastric mass which contained small amounts of air. Gastric bezoar was confidently diagnosed based on these findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamminen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications