While small gastric trichobezoars may be removed via gastroscopy, large trichobezoars require surgical removal by gastrotomy through abdominal incision. We present a case of a successful ...

Trichobezoars are compact conglomerations of ingested hair within the gastrointestinal lumen, most frequently arising in the stomach and occasionally extending into the small intestine. Management ...

In a rare and complex medical case, doctors at a city-based hospital have successfully performed a life-saving surgery on a 2 ...

Image credits by: Gastric Trichobezoar removed from the 11 years old Oman girl. A team of doctors in Hyderabad took out a large hairball from the stomach of an 11-year-old girl from Oman. The girl was ...

Doctors at SMS Hospital in Jaipur successfully removed a 210-cm-long trichobezoar from a 14-year-old girl's stomach, potentially setting a new world record. The girl, suffering from Pica, had been ...

A seven-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, experiencing persistent stomach issues, was diagnosed with a rare trichobezoar at an Ahmedabad hospital. Doctors discovered a hair and shoelace lump in his ...

A 17-year-old woman from the UK is recovering well after doctors discovered a foot-and-a-half long hairball had literally torn through her stomach. A new report in BMJ Case Reports describes the ...

Dr. Mallory C. Mandel (Pediatrics): A 16-year-old girl was admitted to this hospital because of abdominal pain. The patient had been in her usual state of health until 4 weeks before the current ...

After thorough check-up, doctors said that the girl had suffered from mental illness from the time of birth. (Representational Image) Lucknow: In a strange case, doctors have removed a large lump of ...