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TRICHOBEZOARS
Author(s) -
Mekisic Allan,
Farmer Eric
Publication year - 1994
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.1445-2197.1994.tb02207.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , surgery , pancreatitis , general surgery , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Trichobezoars are a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal symptoms and most commonly occur in young females with trichophagia. A case, occurring in a 19 year old woman, complicated by transient pancreatitis and jejunal perforation, is presented.