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Gastric haemorrhage and perforation caused by a trichobezoar in a baboon (Papio hamadryas)
A G Gillin1, A F Phippard, J F Thompson
1Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia.
Laboratory Animals
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A captive-bred male baboon presented with severe evidence of blood loss and melaena. An upper gastrointestinal radiological study with Gastrografin showed a large trichobezoar. Laparotomy confirmed its presence and revealed gastric ulceration with perforation and generalized peritonitis. The condition was successfully treated by surgery.