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Trichobezoar: An Unusual Case of Perforated Gastric Ulcer
Author(s) -
SEWELL I. R.,
SPENCER R. R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1971.tb05157.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , stomach , surgery , gastroenterology
A brief review of the medical literature on trichobezoar is presented, followed by a case report of the successful surgical management of a case of trichobezoar of the stomach presenting as a perforated gastric ulcer.