Gastric trichobezoar associated with transient pancreatitis.
A Pakistani girl presented with acute abdominal pain and raised serum amylase and alkaline phosphatase concentrations. She was found to have a gastric trichobezoar with a tail extending to the mid-ileum. The altered biochemical parameters returned to normal after surgical removal of the bezoar. Irritation of ampulla of Vater by the bezoar tail is believed to have caused transient pancreatitis.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013270:Stomach