Author(s)

A. Doumbia^1*, Y. Coulibaly¹, I. Amadou¹, M. Keita¹, O. Coulibaly¹, B. Kamaté¹, M. K. Djiré¹, M. Y. Coulibaly¹, S. Camara², H. Diall², B. Maiga², D. Konaté², K. Sacko²

¹Service of Pediatric Surgery, Teaching Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali.
²Service of General Pediatric, Teaching Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali.

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.

Pica Syndrome, Complications, Bezoar, Child, Mali

Doumbia, A. , Coulibaly, Y. , Amadou, I. , Keita, M. , Coulibaly, O. , Kamaté, B. , Djiré, M. , Coulibaly, M. , Camara, S. , Diall, H. , Maiga, B. , Konaté, D. and Sacko, K. (2020) Surgical Complications of Pica Syndrome: About 03 Cases. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 10, 159-167. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2020.101015.