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A huge trichobezoar in the jejunum  

Lim, Ho Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Young Ok (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Woo, Young Jong (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chonnam National University)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.49, no.5, 2006 , pp. 574-576 More about this Journal
Abstract
An otherwise healthy, 8-year-old girl presented with vague abdominal pain, vomiting, and a tensely distended abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated a huge amount of jejunal material, about 10 cm long, resulting in near obstruction of the jejunum. The material was removed surgically and a postoperative pathologic report confirmed that it was a trichobezoar. A postoperative consultation with a pediatric psychologist revealed neither abnormal behavioral tendencies nor overt psychopathology. After removing the trichobezoar from the jejunum, her health improved completely. We report a rare case of a huge jejunal trichobezoar in a normally developed child with no psychological problems.
Keywords
Jejunal trichobezoar;
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