Recurrent trichobezoar due to trichophagia: a case report

KIRPINAR İ., Kocacenk T., Kocer E., MEMMİ N.

GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY, vol.35, no.4, pp.439-441, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.01.013
  • Journal Name: GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.439-441
  • Keywords: Trichotillomania, Trichophagia, Rapunzel syndrome, Case, HABIT-REVERSAL, RAPUNZEL SYNDROME, SKIN PICKING, DOUBLE-BLIND, TRICHOTILLOMANIA, CLOMIPRAMINE, THERAPY
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Trichobezoar, a hair ball in the gastrointestinal tract, is usually the result of the urge to pull out one's own hair (trichotillomania) and swallow it (trichophagia). It is almost exclusively seen in young females and may cause serious medical complications. This case report will describe an adult female patient with recurrent trichobezoars.