Hani Mohamed Aziz, Guesmi Fethi, Bouasker Ibtissem, Zoghlami Ayoub, Najah Nabil
Service de Chirurgie Beau Séjour, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
Tunis Med. 2003 May;81(5):351-3.
Bezoars are concretions of stagnant swallowed material in digestive tract. The most frequent are trichobezoars made of hair and phytobezoars composed of undigestible fruits and vegetables fibers. We report a case of a 24-year-old female patient who presented in emergency with an acute peritonitis due to a gastric perforation on bezoars. Gastrotomy, extraction of bezoars, gastric stitching and peritoneal lavage were performed. Post operative period was uneventful. A new careful interrogation into the patient's previous habits found glue-eating custom during the four last years.