title: [Intestinal trichobezoar: report of a case].
abstract: Trichobezoars are rare medical entities that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with abdominal mass. We describe a case of an unsuspected intestinal trichobezoar in a nine years old girl. The patient presented an acute lower abdominal pain. We found an echogenic abdominal mass in the pelvic sonography. A double contrast barium enema was scheduled and a rapid relief of symptoms during the preparation of it was accomplished with the expulsion of a mass of hair.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arévalo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cassis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roldós
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Tricobezoar intestinal: informe de un caso.