Case Report

Gastric Trichobezoar: Case Report

  • Yılmaz Polat
  • Hilal Türkben Polat
  • Süleyman Çetinkünar
  • Hasan Baki Altınsoy
  • Selim Sözen

Received Date: 28.10.2014 Accepted Date: 25.11.2014 Namik Kemal Med J 2015;3(1):46-48

Bezoar is a mass that cannot be digested and that is collected in the gastrointestinal system. A 28-year-old girl, underwent an operation for abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, anemia and epigatsric mass, was presented in this study. A mass which took the shape of the stomach was removed out of her stomach by laparatomy. Postoperative period was uneventful. A subsequent psychiatric consultation revealed trichotillomania and depression.

Keywords: Trichobezoar, bezoar, trichotillomania, trichophagia