Huge gastric trichobezoar in school-aged girl: A Case Report

Abstract

Case observationWe report a case of a 15-year-old girl who presented initially to a private clinic at Kenitra City in the north-west of Morocco, brought by her family for an epigastric mass accidentally discovered by her mother, with a history of decreased appetite, weight loss, and transit disorder during the last few months. At her examination, the girl was asthenic and pale. Abdominal palpation revealed a hardened, welldefined mass measuring about 24 x 12 cm, non-painful. The rest of the physical examination was regular.Given her father's work, the girl was transferred to the Military Hospital in Rabat, where an abdominal computed tomography found