Luca Cindolo, Maida Bada, Roberto Bellocci, Piergustavo De Francesco, Pietro Castellan, Francesco Berardinelli, Fabio Neri, Luigi Schips
Trichobezoar is a rare condition whereby a hairball is found in the human stomach or gastrointestinal tract, most frequently in young women, mainly in association with a psychiatric disorder. Trichobezoar cases have also been reported in the bladder and represent a rare complication of foreign bodies, called "hair nidus or hair ball," in patients with chronic catheter. Approximately 10% to 15% of patients on long-term urethral catheter or clean intermittent self-catheterization develop urinary tract stones...
2017: Journal of Endourology Case Reports