Subocclusive Syndrome Revealing a Lithophagia-Type PICA in a 5-Year-Old Child: A Case Report
Mahamat Mahamat Saleh, Oumar Abakar Mahamed, Hajar Dardar, Loula Djama Miguil, Ahmat Tidjani Mahamat, Ibrahim Mahamat Ahmat, Amné Ali Sakine, Ibrahim Digo Djaafar, Moussa Gna Abba, Abdoulaye Affadine Ismail, Zineb Oudrhiri, Naoufel Boumahdi, Othmane Alaoui, Abdelhalim Mahmoudi, Khalid Khattala & Youssef Bouabdallah · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2026
Background: Pica is defined by the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances and may lead to gastrointestinal and haematological complications. Lithophagia, the ingestion of stones, is an uncommon form of pica and is rarely reported as a cause of subocclusive syndrome in c...