Publication: Simultaneous Gastric and Ileal Trichobezoars Causing Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case report
Date
2011
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 72 - 74
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
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Bezoars are conglomerates of food or fiber in the alimentary tract of humans and certain animals, mainly ruminants. A trichobezoar represents a mass of accumulated hair. Trichobezoars may present as an isolated gastric mass, as an extension into the small intestine, or as an independent fragmented mass in the small intestine. The presence of discrete coexisting gastric and ileal trichobezoars has been reported only rarely in the literature. This is a case report of a 10-year-old girl presenting with small-bowel obstruction secondary to synchronous trichobezoars in the stomach and ileum. The case highlights the role of imaging and importance of complete evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract at the time of surgical evacuation.
Description
S Lal
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Associated SGM Hospital Rewa, Madhyapradesh,
P Shukla
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Shah Medical College and Associated SGM Hospital Rewa, Madhyapradesh
V Yedalvar
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Shah Medical College and Associated SGM Hospital Rewa, Madhyapradesh
GP Shrivastava
Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Associated SGM Hospital Rewa, Madhyapradesh
Keywords
Trichobezoars, stomach, small bowel, obstructions
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i1.3968