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Ali, Z. (2001) Pica in People with Intellectual Disability: A Literature Review of Aetiology, Epidemiology and Complications. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 26, 205-215.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13668250020054486

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• TITLE: Surgical Complications of Pica Syndrome: About 03 Cases

  AUTHORS: A. Doumbia, Y. Coulibaly, I. Amadou, M. Keita, O. Coulibaly, B. Kamaté, M. K. Djiré, M. Y. Coulibaly, S. Camara, H. Diall, B. Maiga, D. Konaté, K. Sacko

  KEYWORDS: Pica Syndrome, Complications, Bezoar, Child, Mali

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Pediatrics, Vol.10 No.1, March 6, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The Pica syndrome is an eating disorder characterized by an excessive or abnormal desire to consume a non-nourishing substance which can be relatively harmless, or potentially harmful for the health. It is a rare affection secondary to the accumulation of diverse nature foreign bodies inside the digestive tract and more especially at the stomach level. Gastro-intestinal localization is the most frequent, and can remain long time asymptomatic. Treatment is surgical. We report 3 cases of digestive complication of Pica syndrome. The first one was operated for gastric perforation due to nail (53 nails, a pin and bands of tape recorder cassette ingested), the second one for trichobezoar and the last had a subocclusion by pieces of granite.