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- Title
A 9-Year-Old Female with an Abdominal Mass.
- Authors
Anderson, Justin E.; Walker, Don; Norozian, Farnaz; Domanski, Kristina
- Abstract
This article, published in the Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, discusses the case of a 9-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with an abdominal mass. The patient had a history of anxiety and hair-pulling behavior. A CT scan revealed an 18 cm × 14 cm × 8 cm mass within the stomach consistent with trichobezoar, which was successfully removed through surgery. Trichobezoars are most commonly seen in young females with trichotillomania, and symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and weight loss. The article emphasizes the importance of screening patients with vague abdominal symptoms and underlying anxiety or mental health disorders for obsessive-compulsive behaviors like trichotillomania or trichophagia.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL surgery; BEZOARS; NAUSEA; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; WOMEN; VOMITING; WEIGHT loss; ABDOMEN; COMPUTED tomography; GASTROSTOMY; ABDOMINAL pain; ANXIETY; MENTAL illness; PEDIATRIC surgery; ENDOSCOPY; CHILDREN
- Publication
Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 2, p232
- ISSN
2757-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.24025