Ten Pound Hairball Removed From Woman

Posted by Alex in Medicine on November 29, 2007 at 6:11 pm


An 18-year old woman went to the doctor for abdominal pain and a 40-pound weight loss. When the doctor performed a CT scan, they found a mass which turned out to be a 10-pound hairball!

Doctors found a mass there, and when they used a small camera, found that the hairball was taking up nearly her entire stomach.

The patient said that she has a habit of eating her own hair, a condition called trichophagia.

Doctors tried to use small incisions to remove the mass, but then had to go to traditional surgery to make sure the entire hairball was removed.

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7 comments to "Ten Pound Hairball Removed From Woman"

  1. semi
    November 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    That is just so gross. I may throw up.

  2. jonn
    November 29th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

    Survival of the fittest, once again unfortunately ruined by doctors.

  3. biltmore
    November 29th, 2007 at 11:59 pm

    Yummy.

  4. Marie Issah
    November 30th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    Gosh! It looks like a squirrel!:D

  5. cuimhne
    November 30th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    Ewwww nasty! ...Marie you're right! It does look like a squirrel....

  6. Sid Morrison
    November 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I'm thinking it's more like a beaver. I've never seen a squirrel anywhere NEAR that big. Definitely a beaver.

    As for the disorder... One of my friend's nieces had that same problem whilst in high school. One day I saw the girl's school pic hanging on my friend's kitchen fridge. In the photo she was wearing some sort of odd head scarf. Not knowing her problem, I stick my foot in my mouth (again), and say "Hey Josh, what's with that wacky do-rag on your niece?" I then got the whole story about how she likes to eat her hair and there was a big bald spot when school pic time came around. I had never heard of something so wacky, but considering some teenager chicks hack their bodies up with razor blades, this is almost tame. The good news is I think they got the kid a first class shrink who straightened her out. No do-rag over a bald spot in any event...

  7. Radin
    November 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Looks more like a beaver to me.


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