Trichotilomanìa in a adolescent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Case report

• Autores: Huete-Cordova, María Antonieta, Herrera-Del Águila, Dwight Denis, Ocampo-Zegarra, Juan C.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Fundación Instituto Hipólito Unanue
• Repositorio: Diagnóstico
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe:article/404
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistadiagnostico.fihu.org.pe/index.php/diagnostico/article/view/404
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Obstrucción intenstinal; Tricotilomanía; tricobezoar; Bowel obstruction; Trichotillomania; trichobezoars

Trichotillomania is a disorder that tends to be chronic and consists of pulling and pulling hair as a compulsive act, which generates various areas of alopecia. In extreme cases after chronic ingestion of hair, severe and serious gastrointestinal disorders such as trichobezoars can be generated, which represents 1% of patients who eat their hair. We present the case of an 11-year-old female patient who was admitted to our hospital for a trichobezoar intestinal obstruction that was initially managed by surgery, from which she was referred to the child psychiatry area, once the surgical problema had been solved, for the corresponding management.