A Case of Giant Gastric Trichobezoar

• Main Authors: Saeed Aslanabadi (Author), Davoud Badebarin (Author), Sina Parsay (Author), Masoud Jamshidi (Author), Ebrahim Farhadi (Author), Amirhossein Ladan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trichobezoar is an unusual form of bezoar found in the digestive tract, mostly in the stomach. The patient is often a female in her adolescence who pulls out and swallows her hair. This habit could stem from anxiety and the trichotillomania disorder. These hairs accumulate in the stomach and cause g...