title: Gastric trichobezoar: abdominal mass in a child with sickle cell disease.
abstract: Abdominal pain is a frequent occurrence among the pediatric population and can be a diagnostic challenge. Trichobezoar is a differential diagnosis that is often neglected. Different from previously reported cases, we present a 3-year-old girl with sickle cell disease with complaints of acute abdominal pain, suspecting sickle cell splenic sequestration. The child presented to the emergency department with sharp epigastric pain and an associated palpable upper abdominal mass. This case illustrates a large obstructing gastric trichobezoar and summarizes both the diagnostic modalities and treatment.
authors: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. jdscia@hotmail.com
authors: Jason D
authors: JD
authors: Sciarretta
authors: Sheldon J
authors: SJ
authors: Bond
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D007813:Laparotomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications*