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LOPEZ ANDINO, William Mauricio; ALMEIDA ARIAS, Dulvis Amanda; DURAN VAZQUEZ, Nicanor  y  BENAVIDES, Salvador. Gastric trichobezoar: apropos of a case. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2008, vol.47, n.4. ISSN 0034-7493.

The clinicosurgical case of a 26-year-old female patient with an abdominal tumor caused by gastric tricobezoar that was attended at «Pedro de Armas» Integral Diagnosis Center, in Venezuela, in March 2007, is retrospectively described. The patient presented alopecia, a visible abdominal mass, discomfort in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen, early satiety, and loss of 10 kg of body weight. On the physical exploration, alopecia and an enlarged and curvilinear well-delimited intraabdominal mass that occupied the upper left quadrant of the abdomen were confirmed. The diagnosis was corroborated by endoscopic examination of the upper digestive tube. A mass composed of hairs from the scalp and food concretions were included in the anatomopathological report.

Palabras clave : Bezoar; trichobezoar trichotillomania; trichophagia.

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