A rare case of small bowel obstruction due to primary trichobezoar.
A trichobezoar is a mass of culminated hair within the gastrointestinal tract. Stomach is the common site of occurrence. Intestinal obstruction due to primary trichobezoar is extremely rare. Only few cases have been reported so far. We also present a case of 13-year-old girl having primary ileal trichobezoar causing intestinal obstruction.
Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, G.G.S Medical College , Faridkot (Previously at M.A.M.C. Agroha), India .
Vikas
V
Goyal
Professor, Department of General Surgery, M.A.M.C. , Agroha, India .
P K
PK
Goyal
Senior Resident, Department of Anaesthesia, G.G.S Medical College , Faridkot (Previously at M.A.M.C. Agroha), India .
Monica
M
Gupta
Small intestinal obstruction; Trichobezoar