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Gastrointestinal Trichobezoard Revealed by Intussusception at the University Hospital of Conakry

Received: 21 December 2020    Accepted: 11 January 2021    Published: 2 February 2021
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The aim of this is to make our contribution to the study of Gastrointestinal trichobezoard Introduction: The digestive bezoar is a conglomerate of indigestible substances trapped in the gastrointestinal tract. Aim: The aim was to report an exceptional case of a gastrointestinal trichobezoard revealed by acute intestinal obstruction by ileo-ileal intussusception and to discuss it with data from the literature. Methodology This was a 7-year-old girl who was referred to us from the Nutritional Institute at Donka National Hospital. She presented paroxysmal abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia and physical asthenia without notion of gas stoppage, evolving for four months. On examination, the patient was in poor general condition with sunken eyeballs. The abdomen was the site of an epigastric mass, mobile and painful. The digital rectal examination noted an emptiness of the rectal bulb. The biological assessment revealed hyperleukocytosis (11.8giga/l); normochromium-normocytic anemia (10g/l). Abdominal ultrasound showed prominent images of distended loops, with material stasis, forming a mass syndrome consistent with a reducible and unstable invagination coil. The diagnosis of acute intussusception was ultrasound. Surgery confirmed intussusception, which was secondary to the entrapment of a trichobezoar in the gastrointestinal lumen. Intestinal disinvagination and extraction of trichobezoar by gastrotomy was the indication. Results the operative consequences were simple. Conclusion: Trichobezoar is a rare condition and the preoperative diagnosis difficult when the notion of trichophagia has not been mentioned. Its treatment is surgical, its prevention requires regular monitoring and psychiatric care.

Published in Journal of Surgery (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.js.20210901.15
Page(s) 27-30
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Keywords

Intussusception, Trichobezoar, Surgery

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  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Friendship Hospital Sino-Guinean of Kipe Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department Thoracic Surgery, Donka National Hospital Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of General Surgery, Ignace Deen National Hospital Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of General Surgery, Ignace Deen National Hospital Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

  • Department of Visceral Surgery Donka National Hospital, Faculty of Sciences and Technic of Health Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

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