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A Gastric Trichobezoar in a Chimpanzee
Author(s) -
Nolan Thomas E.,
Schaffer Linda,
Conti Pierre A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1988.tb00361.x
Subject(s) - stomach , troglodytes , anatomy , medicine , biology , zoology , gastroenterology
A firm, mobile, oblong mass was discovered as an incidental finding in the stomach of a chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) during routine surgery. It was removed and determined to be a trichobezoar.