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The physician at wit's end; a bezoar |
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| Authors: | E R van Arkel M Dommering |
| Affiliation: | Zeister Algemeen Ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie. |
| Abstract: | The case is described of a three-year-old Moroccan girl with iron deficiency anaemia and a bezoar resulting from trichotillomania and trichophagy leading to a slowly developed obstruction ileus. Causes, symptoms and treatment of the various forms of bezoar are discussed. |
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