title: [Abdominal mass and colicky pain in a 16-years-old patient].
abstract: We report about a 16-years-old patient with a newly developed palpable mass and pain in the epigastrium. On computed tomography, a trichobezoar was diagnosed. Complementary history, gathered retrospectively, revealed trichophagia and swallowing of chewing gum. Gastroscopic disintegration of the trichobezoar was unsuccessful and it therefore had to be removed by open surgery.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie, Kantonsspital Baden AG, Baden. sven.michel@ksb.ch
authors.forename: S C A
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keerl
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kubik-Huch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geyer
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000175:diagnosis