10-Pound Hairball Removed From Woman's Stomach
POSTED: Saturday, November 24, 2007
UPDATED: 12:28 am EST November 25,
2007
 Doctors said a mass began collecting in her stomach and by the time doctors removed it, the hairball weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches.
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Doctors at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center removed a 10-pound hairball from the stomach of an 18-year-old woman.
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The teen suffered from a condition called trichophagia which is a compulsive disorder that causes a person to eat hair.Doctors said a mass began collecting in her stomach and by the time doctors removed it, the hairball weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches.The girl originally went to the doctor complaining of pain and swelling in her abdomen. She said she also vomited after eating and had lost 40 pounds.Officials said the girl was eating normally again and had stopped eating her hair.The teen's case was featured in the New England Journal of Medicine.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Larger image and more strange stories The teen suffered from a condition called trichophagia which is a compulsive disorder that causes a person to eat hair.Doctors said a mass began collecting in her stomach and by the time doctors removed it, the hairball weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches.The girl originally went to the doctor complaining of pain and swelling in her abdomen. She said she also vomited after eating and had lost 40 pounds.Officials said the girl was eating normally again and had stopped eating her hair.The teen's case was featured in the New England Journal of Medicine.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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