The New England journal of medicine just published a case of extreme bezoar(aka hairball) inside the stomach. The patient was an 18-year-old woman complaining of pain in the abdomen for 5 months, vomiting, and a 40-pound loss. She said she had a habit of swallowing hear for years, and a scan resulted in a very big mass in her entire stomach. After surgery, the mass of hair recovered weighed 10 pounds, measuring 15 inches by 7 inches and 7 inches. After 5 days, she ate normally and was released.
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