Giant gastric trichobezoar.
Bezoars are relatively common foreign body lesions of the stomach and intestine. Small bezoars can be treated using non-surgical methods, but large bezoars usually require open surgery. Occasionally they are giant-sized and may mimic an intra-abdominal mass clinically. We present the case of a 24-year-old woman with a giant gastric trichobezoar treated by open surgery; treatment methods are discussed.
Department of General Surgery, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome