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Morales HL, Catalán CH, Demetrio RA, et al. Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection. World J Clin Cases. 2014;2(12):918-23doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918.
Morales, H. L., Catalán, C. H., Demetrio, R. A., Rivas, M. E., Parraguez, N. C., & Alvarez, M. A. (2014). Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection. World journal of clinical cases, 2(12), 918-23. https://doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918
Morales, Héctor Losada, et al. "Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection." World journal of clinical cases vol. 2,12 (2014): 918-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918
Morales HL, Catalán CH, Demetrio RA, Rivas ME, Parraguez NC, Alvarez MA. Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Dec 16;2(12):918-23. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918. PMID: 25516871; PMCID: PMC4266844.
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World J Clin Cases. 2014 Dec 16;2(12):918-23. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918.

Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection.

World journal of clinical cases

Héctor Losada Morales, Cecilia Huenchullán Catalán, Rodrigo Arriagada Demetrio, Macarena Espinoza Rivas, Natalia Castagnoli Parraguez, Martín Alanis Alvarez

Affiliations

  1. Héctor Losada Morales, Cirugía Hepato-pancreática y Biliar, Departamento de Cirugía, Clínica Alemana de Temuco, Temuco 4810297, Chile.

PMID: 25516871 PMCID: PMC4266844 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918

Abstract

Bezoars are accumulations of human or plant fiber located in the gastrointestinal tract of both humans and animals. Patients remain asymptomatic for several years, and the symptoms develop as these accumulations increase in size to the point of obstruction or perforation. We report the case of a 21-year-old patient at 10 d postpartum, who presented with acute abdomen associated with sepsis. Given the urgency of the clinical picture, at no point was the presence of a giant bezoar at gastric level suspected, specifically a trichobezoar. The emergency abdominal and pelvic ultrasound revealed only unspecific signs of perforated hollow viscus. Diagnosis was therefore made intraoperatively. A complete gastric trichobezoar was found with gastric perforation and secondary peritonitis. The peritoneal fluid culture revealed Candida glabrata.

Keywords: Acute abdomen; Bezoar; Postpartum period

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