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Case Report on Rapunzel syndrome: a large gastric trichobezoar extending to the proximal jejunum in a young adult female [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineA trichobezoar is an intraluminal mass of hair growing continuously with additional ingestion, while Rapunzel syndrome refers to a giant gastric trichobezoar that extends from the stomach into the small intestine.
Ksenija Mijović +12 more
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Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012 Introduction. Trichobezoars are foreign bodies in gastrointestinal tract, composed of hair. They occur mainly in children and adolescents suffering from trichotillophagia.
Petrović Gordana +5 more
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The Rapunzel syndrome: a hairy tale [PDF]
Surgical Case Reports, 2023 Background Trichobezoars are a rare medical condition, often requiring a surgical approach and commonly associated with an underlying psychiatric disorder.
Luca Schuler +2 more
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An atypical death from Rapunzel syndrome: a case report. [PDF]
Forensic Sci Med Pathol, 2023 Trichotillomania is a psychiatric disorder characterized by recurring urges to pulling out hairs, eyelashes, or down in other parts of the body. Trichophagia, which is the urge to ingesting the pulled-out hairs, can cause Rapunzel syndrome, an unusual ...
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Rapunzel syndrome: An infrequent cause of paediatric mechanical occlusion [PDF]
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2023 Despite numerous cases of trichobezoars reported in the literature, few Rapunzel syndromes have been described. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare case of bowel obstruction resulting from hair ingestion (trichobezoar).
Siham Nasri +8 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2014 The Rapunzel syndrome refers to an uncommon and rare form of trichobezoar that extends past the stomach into the small intestines. The Rapunzel syndrome is usually found in young female patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, mainly ...
Antonios Athanasiou +8 more
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A rare presentation of Rapunzel syndrome with multiple small bowel intussusceptions [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2019 Rapunzel syndrome is caused by gastric trichobezoar with extended tail and small bowel obstruction. Patients with gastric trichobezoar can be asymptomatic until the bezoar increases in size. We report a case of a girl who visited the emergency department
Kyoung Jeen Min +3 more
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Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 A bezoar refers to a mass of undigestible foreign material found in the gastrointestinal tract, mainly stomach. The second most common bezoar is the trichobezoar, which usually occurs in the young psychiatric female patients with history of ...
Sneha Lalith +3 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Postpartum Case [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2013 The Rapunzel syndrome describes a disorder in which a significant amount of hair is swallowed, forming a trichobezoar that extends past the stomach into the small intestines.
Teshome Tegene +5 more
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[Rapunzel syndrome: Radiological diagnosis].
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc, 2023 Rapunzel syndrome is a rare presentation of trichobezoar, secondary to the ingestion of hair known as trichophagia. This bezoar has been found mainly in women, it invas the stomach and extends to the small intestin. Clinically, patients present weight loss and chronic obstructive symptoms at the intestinal level.
Lara-Zavala YY +5 more
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