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28 July 2022: Articles

An Unusual Case of Primary Ileal Trichobezoar Causing Intussusception

Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Mitchell M. Won A , Marla A. Sacks A , Rebekah Leigh E , Yomara S. Mendez E , Laura F. Goodman A , Edward Tagge A , Andrei Radulescu A*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935460

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935460

Table 1. Literature review of intussusception secondary to trichobezoar.

AuthorPatient sexPatient age (years)Intussusception location(s)Trichobezoar location
Prasanna et al []13 Female16Jejunum, proximal ileumGastric
Marwah et al []14 Female15JejunumGastric
Bolivar-Rodriguez et al []15 Female16JejunumGastric
Mehta et al []16 Female3JejunumGastric, jejunum (connected by string)
Min et al []17 Female10Jejunum (3)Gastric
Weiss et al []18 Female9JejunumGastric
Raghu et al []19 Female11Jejunum (4)Gastric (largely cotton string)
Anantha et al []20 Male9Terminal ileumGastric
Baheti et al []21 Female12JejunumGastric, jejunum
Keyur et al []22 Female15Multiple, ranging from jejunum to terminal ileumGastric
Mirza []23 Male5IleumGastric
Lansana et al []24 Female7IleumGastric
Laamiri et al []25 FemaleFemale1312Duodenojejunal, jejunum, ileum (3)Ileum (2)Gastric, ileumGastric
Ha et al []26 Female5Jejunum (8)Gastric
Dalshaug et al []27 Female7IleocecalJejunum (hair and string)
Kamra et al []28 Female9JejunumGastric
Mnari et al []29 Female7JejunumGastric
Harris et al []30 Female1.25JejunumGastric
Rees []31 FemaleMale815IleumJejunumGastric, Ileum (connected by string)Gastric
Au et al []32 Male5IleumIleum
Spring et al []33 Female13JejunumGastric
Gorter et al []34 Female9JejunumGastric
Tran et al []35 Female13JejunumGastric
Ishaq et al []36 Female13JejunumGastric
Ahmed et al []37 Female18JejunumGastric
* Rapunzel syndrome.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923