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Rapunzel Syndrome: Diagnostic Challenges and Multidisciplinary Treatment Strategies

Cureus
Rapunzel syndrome, a rare yet complex condition, poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Trichobezoars, stemming from trichotillomania and pica, manifest as hair conglomerates within the gastrointestinal tract, often necessitating surgical ...
Mihir Patil, P. Gharde, R. Shinde, Pratik S Navandhar   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sindrom Rapunzel: Laporan Kasus

, 2022
Purpose: This study aimed to summarize the general history, physical exam findings, confirmation test, and treatment of a patient with rapunzel syndrome. Research Methodology: This article is a pediatric surgery RSUD Abdoel Moeloek Lampung case report in
Berawi, K. N. (Khairun), Al Azizah, Fauziyyah Nuur   +1 more
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Rapunzel syndrome: The unsuspected culprit

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2008
Trichobezoar is a rare intriguing disorder in which swallowed hairs accumulates in the stomach. Being indigestible and slippery, it could not be propulsed and becomes entrapped within the stomach. Large amounts can thus accumulate over the years forming a hair ball. Rapunzel syndrome is a variant where hair accumulation reaches the small gut and beyond
Mohammad Ezzedien, Rabie, Abdul Rahman, Arishi, Ashraf, Khan, Hussein, Ageely, Gaffar Abbas, Seif El-Nasr, Mohammad, Fagihi   +5 more
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Small-Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Ileal Trichobezoar in a Patient with Rapunzel Syndrome

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2018
Bezoars are conglomerations of undigested foreign material retained in the gastrointestinal tract. Trichobezoar is a compact conglomeration of swallowed hair and constitutes less than 6% of all bezoars.
Bertha E. García-Ramírez, Carlos M. Nuño-Guzmán, Ricardo E. Zaragoza-Carrillo, Hugo Salado-Rentería, Audrey Gómez-Abarca, Jorge L. Corona   +5 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: An Infrequent Cause of Paediatric Mechanical Occlusion

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).
Abdelouhab Ammor, Lamya Diouri, Bouamama Tayeb, Narjiss Aichouni, El Azzouzi Driss, Siham Nasri, Imane Skiker, Mostapha Bendaoud, Imane Kamaoui   +8 more
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Rapunzel syndrome in a paediatric patient

, 2017
Rapunzel syndrome, or generically known as trichobezoar, is a rare condition. It usually happens among teenage population. We are presenting a case report of Rapunzel syndrome that happened in a 4-year-old child.
Nur Asiha Binti Sazali
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An Unusual Association of Trichobezoar with Refeeding Syndrome and Subacute Intestinal Obstruction in Postoperative Period

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Trichobezoar with Rapunzel syndrome is a rare condition seen in young females. Refeeding syndrome is a rare phenomenon that can occur in any chronically malnourished person after starting feeds.
Rohit Kapoor, Divya Prakash, Sunita Singh, Amit Shukla, Rini Dixit   +4 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome in A 13-Year-Old Girl with Abdominal Pain Presenting to The Pediatric Emergency Department: A Case Report

Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Trichobezoar is a rare form of bezoar characterized by the accumulation of swallowed hair in the stomach. An unusual form of bezoar, in which the bezoar spreads from the stomach to the small intestine or beyond, is called Rapunzel syndrome. This syndrome
Majid Aflatoonian, Rohollah Edalatkhah, Hojatollah Raji, Amir pasha Amel shahbaz   +3 more
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Unusual conditions: what is Rapunzel syndrome and why do some people eat hair?

, 2016
Most patients with Rapunzel syndrome present to doctors with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, the trapped Rapunzel lets down her long hair through a tower window so a prince can climb up and rescue her.
Imogen Rehm (18897937)
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Isolated ileal trichobezoar causing small bowel obstruction in a child without psychiatric history: a rare variant of Rapunzel syndrome: case report

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette
Introduction and importance Trichobezoars are rare gastrointestinal masses composed of ingested hair, often associated with trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Abdullah Alsaedi, Mayan Alharbi, Fatma D Abdulhameed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source