Bezoars Flashcards
1
Q
What is a bezoar?
A
Foreign bodies made of food or hair altered by digestion
2
Q
Trapped mass in the stomach that consists of components of indigestible plant material (persimmons, gum)?
A
Phytobezoar
3
Q
Massive hairball w/i a gelatinous matrix seen in long-haired girls who eat their own hair as a nervous habit?
A
Trichobezoar
