CNN cited the New England Journal of Medicine as source reported that an 18-year-old woman in Illinois who once had a habit of eating her hair - a condition called trichophagia [wiki]--had a 4.5 kg trichobezoar (hairball) removed from the stomach.
She complained of a five-month history of pain and swelling in her abdomen, vomiting after eating and a 40-pound weight loss.
After a scan of the w