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A gastric trichobezoar in a chimpanzee |
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| Authors: | T E Nolan L Schaffer P A Conti |
| Institution: | Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratory, West Point, PA. |
| Abstract: | A firm, mobile, oblong mass was discovered as an incidental finding in the stomach of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) during routine surgery. It was removed and determined to be a trichobezoar. |
| Keywords: | Abdominal signs Diagnostic evaluation Differential diagnosis |