Closed-perforation of gastric fundus and gastric outlet obstruction caused by a giant gastric trichobezoar: A case report
Bünyamin Gürbulak1, Özgür Seğmen1, Taşkın Rakıcı2, Kenan Büyükaşık1, Mazlum Yavaş1
1Clinic of General Surgery, İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2Clinic of Radiodiagnosis, İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Abstract
A bezoar is a mass formed because of the accumulation of indigestible material in the stomach and/or small intestine. Bezoars are rare but occasionally occur with acute abdomen findings. Bezoars form as a result of changes in the gastrointestinal system anatomy and physiology and repetitive exposure to the ingested material. These materials can include vegetables with high fiber content (phytobezoars), non-animal origin fats, hair (trichobezoars), or drugs such as anti-acids (pharmobezoars). Gastric bezoars frequently occur after gastric surgery. Psychiatric disorders such as trichotillomania (an irresistible urge to remove and swallow one’s own hair) are frequently the underlying reason in patients without a history of gastric surgery. In this article, we presented a giant gastric trichobezoar obstructing outlet and causing closed-perforation and abscess formation of gastric fundus in a 30-year-old woman.
Keywords: Bezoar, trichobezoar, closed-perforation of stomach, gastric outlet obstruction
Cite this paper as: Gürbulak B, Seğmen Ö, Rakıcı T, Büyükaşık K, Yavaş M. Closed-perforation of gastric fundus and gastric outlet obstruction caused by a giant gastric trichobezoar: A case report. Turk J Surg 2017; 33: 230-232.
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Concept - B.G.; Design - B.G., K.B.; Supervision - B.G., Ö.S.; Funding - B.G., Ö.S., T.R.; Materials - B.G.; Data Collection and/or Processing - B.G., Ö.S., M.Y.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - B.G., Ö.S., T.R., K.B., M.Y.; Literature Review - B.G., Ö.B., T.R., K.B., M.Y.; Writer - B.G., Ö.S.; Critical Review - B.G., Ö.S., T.R., K.B., M.Y.; Other - B.G., Ö.S., T.R.
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