Endoscopic retrieval of gastric trichobezoar after fragmentation with electrocautery using polypectomy snare and argon plasma coagulation in a pediatric patient

作     者：Mohammed Amine Benatta 

作者机构：Digestive Endoscopy UnitMilitary Central HospitalAlgiersAlgeria 

出 版 物：《Gastroenterology Report》 (胃肠病学报道（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第4卷第3期

页      面：251-253,I0003页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：trichobezoar retrieval endoscopic fragmentation 

摘      要：Trichobezoars are rare,composed of hair and more common in female pediatric patients with psychiatric *** extraction is the most common removal *** two endoscopic removals after fragmentation have beenreported in the English *** report herein a third case of a trichobezoar that was successfully retrieved afterendoscopic fragmentation with snare polypectomy and argon plasma coagulation in a six-year-old female *** mass was completely removed in 10 pieces after 15 *** patient’s course was *** monthslater,she is doing *** endoscopic removal was effective,minimally invasive and time saving.