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Case Reports
. 1984 Oct;59(10):994-5.
doi: 10.1136/adc.59.10.994.

Gastric trichobezoar associated with transient pancreatitis

R N Shawis, C M Doig
Case Reports

Gastric trichobezoar associated with transient pancreatitis

R N Shawis et al. Arch Dis Child. 1984 Oct.

Abstract

A Pakistani girl presented with acute abdominal pain and raised serum amylase and alkaline phosphatase concentrations. She was found to have a gastric trichobezoar with a tail extending to the mid-ileum. The altered biochemical parameters returned to normal after surgical removal of the bezoar. Irritation of ampulla of Vater by the bezoar tail is believed to have caused transient pancreatitis.

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