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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2006;49(5):574-576. Published online May 15, 2006.

A huge trichobezoar in the jejunum

Ho Kyung HK Lim¹, Young Ok YO Kim¹, Young Jong YJ Woo¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea

Correspondence Young Ok YO Kim ,Email: ik052@unitel.co.kr

Abstract

An otherwise healthy, 8-year-old girl presented with vague abdominal pain, vomiting, and a tensely distended abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated a huge amount of jejunal material, about 10 cm long, resulting in near obstruction of the jejunum. The material was removed surgically and a postoperative pathologic report confirmed that it was a trichobezoar. A postoperative consultation with a pediatric psychologist revealed neither abnormal behavioral tendencies nor overt psychopathology. After removing the trichobezoar from the jejunum, her health improved completely. We report a rare case of a huge jejunal trichobezoar in a normally developed child with no psychological problems.

Keywords :Jejunal trichobezoar