A patient with the habit of eating her hair for many years — a condition called trichophagia. Leading to a large bezoar occluding nearly the entire stomach.
Go see the pictures of the bezoar in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Bizarre Diseases: Trichobezoar
Bizarre Diseases: Trichobezoar
Bizarre Diseases: Trichobezoar
Bizarre Diseases: Trichobezoar
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Bizarre Diseases: Trichobezoar
Posted by Dr. Shock at 3:30 PM
Labels: trichophagia
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