Gastric Trichobezoar: An Important Cause of Abdominal Pain Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-347

  Lynch, Kristin A ^a   Feola, Peter G ^a   Guenther, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Abdominal pain; Constipation; Trichobezoar

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA; MINERAL OIL; SENOKOT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROTOMY; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH ULCER; TRICHOBEZOAR; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BEZOARS; CACHEXIA; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STOMACH; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0142250793     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000092581.40174.e3     Document Type: Article

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