title: Giant gastric trichobezoar in a young female.
abstract: Bezoars are concretions of undigested matter in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), most commonly in the stomach. The main predispositions to bezoar formation are, altered GIT anatomy or disordered GIT motility/physiology. Clinically, bezoars are classified according to their predominant component. Trichobezoars (composed mainly of hair) as a clinical entity are almost always associated with an underlying psychiatric disorder. We present below a case of giant gastric trichobezoar in a young female which was treated by gastrostomy and excision of the mass.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, King Abdullah Hospital, P.O. Box 60, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulrazaq Akin
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ibuowo
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okonkwo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach