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.