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Case Reports
. 2009 Oct 7;98(20):1165-7.
doi: 10.1024/1661-8157.98.20.1165.

[Abdominal mass and colicky pain in a 16-years-old patient]

[Article in German]
S C A Michel  1 , A Keerl, R A Kubik-Huch, M Geyer
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Case Reports

[Abdominal mass and colicky pain in a 16-years-old patient]

[Article in German]
S C A Michel et al. Praxis (Bern 1994). .

Abstract

We report about a 16-years-old patient with a newly developed palpable mass and pain in the epigastrium. On computed tomography, a trichobezoar was diagnosed. Complementary history, gathered retrospectively, revealed trichophagia and swallowing of chewing gum. Gastroscopic disintegration of the trichobezoar was unsuccessful and it therefore had to be removed by open surgery.

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