Abstract
Trichobezoars are concretions of swallowed hairs retained within the digestive tract, most commonly stomach. Most common in young females and with psychiatric illness. Trichobezoar may be a cause of acute abdomen when it is complicated with acute obstruction or perforation. In this report we present a case of young girl who presented as an acute obstruction due to two large ileal trichobezoars.
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