title: Gastric Perforation due to Giant Trichobezoar in a 13-Year-Old Child.
abstract: Trichotillomania and trichotillophagia can cause the formation of enormous intragastric hairballs. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who was brought to the emergency service for evaluation of an acute abdomen. Abdominal CT scanner showed a giant gastric trichobezoar which had to be removed by susombilical laparotomy and transverse gastrotomy. This case illustrates the fairly uncommon perforation risk of these gastric bezoars.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Thoracique et Endocrine, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium. lancelotmarique@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lancelot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marique
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Thoracique et Endocrine, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Thoracique et Endocrine, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henkens
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Thoracique et Endocrine, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delchambre
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Clinique Saint-Jean, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 32, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Monfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaï
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Clinique Saint-Jean, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 32, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Venet
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Thoracique et Endocrine, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Staudt
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Child; Gastric perforation; Peritonitis; Trichobezoar