Advances in pediatric surgery
- Volume 10 Issue 1
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- Pages.43-46
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- 2004
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
Trichobezoar - Two Cases of Unusual Presentation -
모발석 2 예 보고
- Lee, Doo-Sun (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine)
- 이두선 (단국대학교 의과대학 외과학교실 소아외과)
- Published : 2004.06.30
Abstract
Two cases of trichobezoar with unusual presentation in female children are described. The first case is a 7-year-old female with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, obstipation, and emesis. She developed intestinal obstruction and showed double bezoars in the stomach and intestine respectively. She had been in a habit of biting or sucking hairs before sleeping from infancy until 5 years of age. The other patient is a 6-year-old girl referred for an epigastric mass, emotional disturbance and trichotillomania. In spite of the psychological treatment, 4 laparotomies were necessary due to repeated recurrences.