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Case Reports
. 2021 May 21;105(1):31.
doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2478.

Trichobezoar

Jonas De Melio  1 , Thomas Debrouwere  1 , Murielle Herman  1
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Trichobezoar

Jonas De Melio et al. J Belg Soc Radiol. .

Abstract

Teaching point: A trichobezoar is a relatively rare entity that presents on imaging as a heterogeneous and multilayered mass molded by the stomach lumen.

Keywords: Bezoar; Intragastric Mass; Pediatric Radiology; Trichobezoar; Trichophagia; Trichotillomania.

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The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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