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Trichobezoar in a child with concomitant coeliac disease: a case report
L T Larsson1, K Nivenius, G Wettrell
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Lund, Sweden. lars-torsten.larsson@skane.se
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We report on a case of childhood coeliac disease presenting with tricophagia and trichobezoar. The combination of obstructive symptoms, severe hypoalbuminaemia and a large abdominal mass detected on CT scan warranted diagnostic gastroscopy and laparotomy, resulting in removal of a large gastric trichobezoar. Surgical recovery was uneventful although serologic studies for coeliac disease were abnormal. Coeliac disease was confirmed by subsequent biopsy.
Conclusion:
Concomitant trichobezoar and coeliac disease in a child is reported for the first time. It is postulated that the trichobezoar was a result of coeliac disease-induced pica.
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