Jejunal Trichobezoar: A Bizarre Case of a 3-year-old Boy

We present the youngest case of trichotillomania and trichophagia in a 3-year-old African-American boy who resulted in bowel obstruction. Trichophagia should be taken into consideration in a young child presenting with abdominal pain, especially with no obvious source. Although rare, undiagnosed tri...

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Autores principales: Hal, Michele Van, Kinnane, Janet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35300107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_99_16
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description We present the youngest case of trichotillomania and trichophagia in a 3-year-old African-American boy who resulted in bowel obstruction. Trichophagia should be taken into consideration in a young child presenting with abdominal pain, especially with no obvious source. Although rare, undiagnosed trichobezoar has a high complication rate. However, if diagnosed and treated promptly, with appropriate psychiatric follow-up, recovery is nearly 100% with very low recurrence rate and ultimately an excellent prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-89231372022-03-16 Jejunal Trichobezoar: A Bizarre Case of a 3-year-old Boy Hal, Michele Van Kinnane, Janet Int J Trichology Case Report We present the youngest case of trichotillomania and trichophagia in a 3-year-old African-American boy who resulted in bowel obstruction. Trichophagia should be taken into consideration in a young child presenting with abdominal pain, especially with no obvious source. Although rare, undiagnosed trichobezoar has a high complication rate. However, if diagnosed and treated promptly, with appropriate psychiatric follow-up, recovery is nearly 100% with very low recurrence rate and ultimately an excellent prognosis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8923137/ /pubmed/35300107 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_99_16 Text en Copyright: © 2022 International Journal of Trichology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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