A TRICHOBEZOAR DIAGNOSED BY ULTRASOUND

Authors

  • Mohammad Idrees
  • Shah Jehan Afridi

Abstract

Trichobezoar is rare and its diagnosis by ultrasound even rarer It results from eating hair, a type of pica, usually found in irresolute women below thirty. Traditionally its diagnosis has been made on barium meal examination. The case under review clinically presented as a big epigastric mass for which ultrasound was advised. Trichobezoar produces a very characteristic and diagnostic appearance on ultrasound and must be considered in the diagnostic workup of such a condition.

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Idrees M, Afridi SJ. A TRICHOBEZOAR DIAGNOSED BY ULTRASOUND. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad [Internet]. 1996 Feb. 12 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];8(2):35-6. Available from: https://jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk/index.php/jamc/article/view/4794

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (1996): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

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