title: Trichobezoar: A rare cause of bowel obstruction.
abstract: A bezoar is an intraluminal mass formed by the accumulation of undigested material in the gastrointestinal tract. A trichobezoar is a bezoar made up of hair and is a rare cause of bowel obstruction of the proximal gastrointestinal tract. They are seen mostly in young women with trichotillomania and trichotillophagia and symptoms include epigastric pain, nausea, loss of appetite and bowel or gastric outlet obstruction. We herein describe a case of a trichobezoar that presented as a gastric outlet obstruction and was subsequently successfully removed via a laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Sébastien Gaujoux, Gaëlle Godiris-Petit, Nicolas Munoz-Bongrand, Pierre Cattan, Emile Sarfati, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and University Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaujoux
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godiris-Petit
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Munoz-Bongrand
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cattan
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sarfati