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  Life   Health  21 Nov 2017  Doctors in Indore remove mop of hair weighing 1.5 kg from woman's stomach

Doctors in Indore remove mop of hair weighing 1.5 kg from woman's stomach

PTI
Published : Nov 21, 2017, 7:36 pm IST
Updated : Nov 21, 2017, 7:36 pm IST

Had the hair not been removed from her stomach, it would have caused a serious medical problem.

Her condition is stable now (Photo: AFP)
 Her condition is stable now (Photo: AFP)

Indore: After a three-hour-long surgery, a ball of hair weighing around 1.5 kg has been removed from the stomach of a 25-year-old woman at the Government-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital here.

Dr R K Mathur, who led the five-member team of doctors which conducted the surgery yesterday, said the woman's condition was stable.

The woman suffered from a mental disorder which led her to tear out and chew the hair from her head. Over a period of time the hair formed a hard lump inside the stomach, he told PTI.

Had the hair not been removed from her stomach, it would have caused a serious medical problem, Dr Mathur added.

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