title: Gastric trichobezoar: case report.
abstract: Bezoars are foreign bodies impacted in the digestive tract resulting of their ingestion and accumulation, involving mainly the stomach. The most common types are phytobezoars, containing vegetables, fiber and seed, and the trichobezoar, made of hair. The present case is the description of a 25-year-old female with nonspecific dyspeptic symptoms associated to intestinal habit change. The diagnosis was suggested by computerized tomography in association with clinical history--initially omitted by the patient--of trichophagia for 10 years. Treatment consisted of anterior gastrotomy and remotion of the bezoar.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pedro Sanches, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. mzmegale@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Adauto Botelho
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Megale
authors.forename: Marcelo Zini
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Megale
authors.forename: Thiago Augusto Rubini
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Daniel de Oliveira Neto
authors.initials: Dde O
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Daniel Lacativa Nogueira
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lourenço
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach