title: [Stomach perforation: an unusual complication of gastric bezoars].
abstract: Bezoars are concretions of stagnant swallowed material in digestive tract. The most frequent are trichobezoars made of hair and phytobezoars composed of undigestible fruits and vegetables fibers. We report a case of a 24-year-old female patient who presented in emergency with an acute peritonitis due to a gastric perforation on bezoars. Gastrotomy, extraction of bezoars, gastric stitching and peritoneal lavage were performed. Post operative period was uneventful. A new careful interrogation into the patient's previous habits found glue-eating custom during the four last years.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Beau Séjour, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Mohamed Aziz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hani
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guesmi
authors.forename: Ibtissem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bouasker
authors.forename: Ayoub
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoghlami
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Najah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery