Gastric tricho-wool bezoar in an 18-year-old girl
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2013-02-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 33-34
- Keywords
- abdominal pain, Case reports, Gastrotomy, Mixed tricho-wool bezoar, Painful abdominal masses, Wool balls, Gastric obstruction, Post-partum young girls
- Author(s)
- Gurzu, S., Jung, I.
- Publication Title
- South African journal of surgery
- Volume
- 51
- Description
- Presents the case of an 18-year-old girl with no psychiatric history presented with abdominal pain who had four months previously given birth to a healthy baby. Reports that upon palpation, a painful abdominal mass was identified in the epigastric region, and gastrotomy was performed, removing a J-shaped hair-wool ball and two large pieces of sheep's wool.
- Subject
- MEDICINE, SURGERY