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Preoperative CT scan: frontal image of the gastro-duodenal trichobezoar
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The computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a huge gastric distention with well-circumscribed and heterogeneous mass occupying the whole stomach cavity with extension into the third portion of the duodenum (Figure 1 and Figure 2).
Preoperative CT scan: coronal image of the gastro-duodenal trichobezoar
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The computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a huge gastric distention with well-circumscribed and heterogeneous mass occupying the whole stomach cavity with extension into the third portion of the duodenum (Figure 1 and Figure 2).
Trichobezoar being delivered
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A giant trichobezoar was identified and was removed (Figure 3).
Giant trichobezoar
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There was a long tail of hair extending through the pylorus into the proximal jejunum, the spacemen takes the shape of the stomach and duodenum (Figure 4).