Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: July-September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 11-13
Laparoscopic Treatment for Giant Gastric Trichobezoar: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature
Vipul Goyal1, Seema Khanna2, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta2, Satendra Kumar3
1Junior Resident, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor,
Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Science, BHU, Varanasi, UP, India.
Corresponding Author: Satendra Kumar
ABSTRACT
Trichobezoar is a rare bezoar formed due to the ingestion of hair, usually in the gastric cavity but may extend to the small intestine. The word bezoar is derived from an Arabic word “bazahr” or “badhezr” which means antidote and first described in 1779 by Baudomant. A 13-year-young female with no history of trichotillomania came with the chief complaint of pain upper abdomen, vomiting, and lump abdomen for the past 1 month. On further evaluation with UGIE and CECT abdomen diagnosis of trichobezoar was made. The patient underwent laparoscopic-assisted trichobezoar removal successfully with no post-operative complications. The aim of presenting the case is to discuss the role of laparoscopy (minimal access surgery) as the treatment of choice for giant gastric trichobezoar and to review the treatment literature.
Keywords: Gastric trichobezoar; laparoscopy; laparoscopy vs open; treatment of choice.