CT findings of small bowel trichobezoar.
A 14-year-old girl presented to our emergency room with abdominal pain and persistent vomiting. A plain radiograph of the abdomen showed features of small bowel obstruction, with dilated loops of small bowel and a mottled gas and debris pattern in the stomach and right lower quadrant. A CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis obtained to exclude appendicitis showed the distinctive appearance of a trichobezoar. A preoperative diagnosis of gastric and intestinal trichobezoar was made.
Department of Radiology, New York Methodist Hospital, 506-6th Street, Apt. 9 J, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA. dajbvran@earthlink.net
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