Large Trichobezoar in School-Aged Girl Presenting to the Emergency Department with Hematemesis.

J Emerg Med

Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Published: December 2021

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