title: Gastric tricho-wool bezoar in an 18-year-old girl.
abstract: An 18-year-old girl with no psychiatric history presented with abdominal pain. Four months previously she had given birth to a healthy baby. On palpation, a painful abdominal mass was identified in the epigastric region, and gastrotomy was performed. A J-shaped hair-wool ball and two large pieces of sheep's wool were removed. No history of trichotillomania was reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu-Mures, Romania. simonagurzu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gurzu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013270:Stomach