Surgical Treatment of Gastric Trichobezoar in a Patient with Trichophagia: A Case Report

There are multiple causes of intestinal obstruction of mechanical origin, being a rare entity in young patients without underlying organic pathology or previous surgical interventions. The presence of a large bezoar in the gastric cavity as the origin of the obstructive condition is unusual, particularly that of trichobezoars, which is why we describe the following case We present a 19-year-old woman with a history of anxiety-depressive syndrome who has had a trichophagia disorder for the last year. Given the diagnosis of gastric sub-occlusive syndrome with diffi culty in ingestion secondary to large gastric bezoar, surgical intervention was decided to resolve the condition surgically