Narváez Rodríguez I, Pascasio Acevedo J M, Pabón Jaén M, Herrera Justiniano J M, Vega Barbado P, Márquez Galán J L, Soria Monge A
Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1995 Feb;18(2):87-90.
The case of a giant trichobezoar of 2.500 g in weight observed in a 26-year old woman with paranoid disorder which led her to trichophagia is presented. A review of the literature was carried out with the different etiopathogenic theories and proposed treatments being discussed.