Case Report
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World J Clin Cases. Feb 6, 2024; 12(4): 777-781
Published online Feb 6, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i4.777
Mechanical upper bowel obstruction caused by a large trichobezoar in a young woman: A very unusual case report
Magdalena Scherrer, Peter Kornprat, Robert Sucher, Johanna Muehlsteiner, Doris Wagner
Magdalena Scherrer, Peter Kornprat, Robert Sucher, Doris Wagner, Department of Surgery, Division for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria
Johanna Muehlsteiner, Department of Surgery, Clinic Rohrbach, Rohrbach 4150, Austria
Author contributions: Wagner D and Muehlsteiner J were responsible for patient management, and drafting and revision of the manuscript; Scherrer M, Sucher R, and Kornprat P were responsible for conceptualization of the case report and drafting of the manuscript.
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Conflict-of-interest statement: The listed authors - Magdalene Scherrer, Peter Kornprat, Robert Sucher, Johanna Mühlsteiner, and Doris Wagner - do not have any conflict of interests to disclose and did not receive any kind of funding and/or are currently not affiliated with any profit organization.
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Corresponding author: Doris Wagner, FEBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerpl 29, Graz 8036, Austria. doris.wagner@medunigraz.at
Received: August 22, 2023
Peer-review started: August 22, 2023
First decision: October 9, 2023
Revised: November 5, 2023
Accepted: January 8, 2024
Article in press: January 8, 2024
Published online: February 6, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: A 24-year-old female patient presented to the emergency room with symptoms of a mechanical bowel obstruction. An abdominal CT scan confirmed the obstruction by a dense structure in the patients’ stomach which turned out to be a huge trichobezoar completely obstructing the pylorus. Endoscopic removal failed and therefore the trichobezoar had to be removed surgically. The patient recovered, underwent psychiatric treatment, and is well in her 24-mo follow-up since the operation.