Year 2012 Vol. 20 No 2

PRACTICAL CASES

M.M. YELOVOY, V.G. BOROZNA, A.A. KUKHTAREV, T.E. RAZUMOVA

STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE TRICHOBEZOARS IN CHILDREN

ME “Mogilev regional hospital”,
The Republic of Belarus

The article analyzes rare observations of giant stomach trichobezoars in girls of 12, 14 years of age and the small intestine trichobezoars in a 7-year old child. The possibilities of ultrasound examination, fibrogastroduodenoscopy (FGDS) and radiological studies in the diagnostics of the given pathology are presented. Attention is paid that trichotillomania (2 cases) may be the cause of the given pathology development. The peculiarities of surgical treatment are described and the necessity of the hospital observation of the given category of patients with the obligatory annual FGDS during a 3-year period is indicated.

Keywords: trichobezoar, trichotillomania, diagnostics, treatment
p. 96 – 100 of the original issue
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Address for correspondence:
212026, Respublika Belarus', g. Mogilev, ul. B.-Biruli, d.12, UZ “Mogilevskaia oblastnaia bol'nitsa“, detskoe khirurgicheskoe otdelenie,
e-mail: m.elovi@mail.ru,
Yelovoy Mikhail Makarovich
Information about the authors:
Yelovoy M.M., a pediatric surgeon of children's surgical department of ME "Mogilev Regional Hospital”.
Borozna V.G., an endoscopist, endoscopy department of ME "Mogilev Regional Hospital”.
Kukhtarev A.A., a head of children's surgical department of ME "Mogilev Regional Hospital”.
Razumova T.E., a pediatric surgeon of children's surgical department of ME "Mogilev Regional Hospital”.
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