Gulum Mehmet, Yeni Ercan, Savas Murat, Sahin Mehmet Akif, Kati Mahmut
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2012 Dec;62(12):1340-1.
Pica is considered as an eating-nutritional disorder in childhood and is generally analysed within obsessive-compulsive disorders. A 15-year-old female patient was admitted to the urology clinic with nausea, vomiting, and stomach-ache. A 23 x 23 mm opacity was identified in left T-11-12 level in direct urinary graph. Full abdomen ultrasonography was reported to be normal. Later, it was learned that the patient had the habit of eating stone. The patient was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder following psychiatric consultation, and appropriate treatment was given.
异食癖被视为儿童期的一种饮食营养障碍,通常在强迫症范畴内进行分析。一名15岁女性患者因恶心、呕吐和腹痛入住泌尿外科诊所。在直接尿路造影中,于左T-11至12水平发现一个23×23毫米的不透光区。全腹超声检查报告正常。后来得知该患者有吃石头的习惯。经精神科会诊后,该患者被诊断为强迫症,并接受了适当治疗。