DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i05.009

Pages: 535-537

Bezoar is an intraluminal mass formed by the accumulation of undigested material in the gastro intestinal tract. Trichobezoar is a bezoar made up of hair and is a rare cause of bowel obstruction of the proximal gastrointestinal tract (GIT). This is an uncommon entity observed mostly in young girls with trichotillomania and trichophagia. Habit pattern, personality maladjustment, mental instability, and tension have been considered as causative factors in trichophagia and symptoms are somewhat dependent on the size of mass and duration of the habit of hair eating. Various degrees of secondary anaemia are frequently observed. Symptoms in presenting patients include epigastric pain, nausea, loss of appetite and gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). I here in describe a case of giant trichobezoar that presented as gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) and was subsequently successfully removed via laparotomy.