Abstract

NORLAN DE LA CRUZ, Alfonso; DE JESUS, Zuleyma Carolina; NOA PEDROSO, Guillermo  and  CASANOVA RIVERO, Alberto. Tricobezoar gástrico: Presentación de un caso. Gen [online]. 2007, vol.61, n.2, pp.136-138. ISSN 0016-3503.

A 28-year-old female patient was admitted to the gastroenterology consult of the "Simon Bolivar Popular Clinic". Her symptoms were: nausea, sporadic vomiting, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, and an abdominal tumor. After medical examination, a hard, painful moving mass located in the epigastry was stated. An abdominal ecography was showed an epigastric mass, in addition pregnancy was also detected. A contrasted examination of the stomach and duodenum revealed a filling stomach defect. The high digestive endoscopy revealed a tricobezoar of large size that obstructed the advance of the equipment. Three months after making a Caesarean procedure, the gastric tricobezoar was extracted through a frontal gastrostomy. The patient evolution was satisfactory, and she was dismissed with psychiatric follow up.

Keywords : Tricobezoar; Gastric Tricobezoar.