This week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a short clinical case of "trichobezoar"--roughly translated as a hairball in the stomach. The patient was an 18 year-old woman who had the habit of eating her own hair. After seeking medical advice for 5 months of abdominal pain, doctors found a 4.5 kg hairball in her stomach! Surgery was required to remove the hair.
Seeing is believing: Click to view images. Figure A is a CT image of the hairball in the stomach. Figure B is a view from the inside via a scope. Figure C is the extracted hairball.
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