Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection

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World J Clin Cases. Dec 16, 2014; 2(12): 918-923
Published online Dec 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i12.918

Gastric trichobezoar associated with perforated peptic ulcer and Candida glabrata infection

Héctor Losada Morales, Cecilia Huenchullán Catalán, Rodrigo Arriagada Demetrio, Macarena Espinoza Rivas, Natalia Castagnoli Parraguez, Martín Alanis Alvarez

Héctor Losada Morales, Cirugía Hepato-pancreática y Biliar, Departamento de Cirugía, Clínica Alemana de Temuco, Temuco 4810297, Chile

Héctor Losada Morales, Martín Alanis Alvarez, Cirugía Hepato-pancreática y Biliar, Departamento de Cirugía y Traumatología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4781218, Chile

Cecilia Huenchullán Catalán, Departamento de Imágenes, Clínica Alemana de Temuco, Temuco 4810297, Chile

Rodrigo Arriagada Demetrio, Macarena Espinoza Rivas, Natalia Castagnoli Parraguez, Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Clínica Alemana de Temuco, Temuco 4810297, Chile

Author contributions: Losada Morales H contributed to design the paper, review clinical issues, images and histopathology and to write the paper; Huenchullán Catalán C contributed to review of images and to write the paper; Arriagada Demetrio R, Espinoza Rivas M, Castagnoli Parraguez N and Alanis Alvarez M contributed to review the clinical issues, to write the paper; all authors of this research paper have directly participated in the planning, execution, or analysis of this study; all authors of this paper have read and approved the final version submitted.

Correspondence to: Héctor Losada Morales, MD, MsC in Clinical Epidemiology, Cirugía Hepato-pancreática y Biliar, Departamento de Cirugía y Traumatología, Universidad de La Frontera, Claro Solar 115, Región de la Araucanía, Temuco 4781218, Chile. hector.losada@ufrontera.cl

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Received: July 6, 2014
Revised: August 24, 2014
Accepted: September 16, 2014
Published online: December 16, 2014

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Core tip: This case report describes the presentation of a gastric trichobezoar as an acute abdomen in puerperal woman with a detailed clinical description and images. The discussion provides an extensive analysis on the various types of treatments that exist today and their results, as well as evaluating its association with specific psychiatric diseases, and the finding of Candida infection in the patient evolution.