Abstract

Summary. The article describes a case of successful treatment of stomach trichobezoar complicated by a perforated stomach ulcer.
 Purpose of research. Optimization of diagnostics and treatment of acute surgical pathology of the gastrointestinal tract taking into account a rare etiological factor
 Materials and methods. A clinical case of trichobezoar in a pregnant woman, complicated by stomach perforation.
 Results and discussion. Attention is drawn to the problems of diagnosis and treatment of rare gastrointestinal diseases that can lead to the development of acute surgical pathology. The awareness of practitioners about the clinic, methods of timely diagnosis, prevention and treatment of this disease was assessed. to solve these tasks, a multidisciplinary approach is required, with the interaction of psychiatrists / psychoneurologists, endoscopists, x-ray diagnostic services and operating surgeons.
 Conclusions. The low frequency of cases of gastrointestinal bezoars causes a lack of awareness of practitioners with clinical manifestations, complications and treatment methods.
 Untimely diagnosis of GI bezoar can lead to severe complications that require serious surgical intervention.
 The probability of bezoars in mentally unbalanced patients suffering from various types of obsessive States is statistically higher than in mentally healthy individuals.

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