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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Case Report
Journal of Nepal Medical AssociationRapunzel Syndrome is a rare clinical condition characterized by a trichobezoar in the stomach with its tail extending into the small intestine. It is commonly seen in adolescent females with only a few cases reported in children below 5 years of age ...
Mudasira Habib +5 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: Dual Case Report and Literature Review
Journal of Nepal Paediatric SocietyA 10-year-old and 15-year-old females were referred to the paediatric emergency department. The former complained about acute abdominal pain and faecaloid vomiting, whereas the latter had chronic epigastric pain and iron deficiency anemia.
C. Destinval, O. Larmure, J. Lemelle
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A Rare Case of Rapunzel Syndrome Causing Small Bowel Obstruction. [PDF]
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of bezoar in which trichobezoar is seen mostly in sufferers with records of psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania (dependency on hair pulling) and trichophagia (morbid addiction to chewing hair), consequently developing
Abhijit Vipul, Shruti Suman, Pranav Pandoh
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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Case Report from Al-Dabba Hospital, Northern State, Sudan
Sudan Journal of Health SciencesTrichobezoar is accumulation of hair in the stomach, which may fill up the stomach and take its full shape. Sometimes it extends down to the small and large intestine; thus forming the “Rapunzel syndrome”.
H. Eltigani, S. A. Ahmed
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Rapunzel syndrome in an adolescent child: clinical case
Paediatric Surgery UkraineGastrointestinal bezoars in children are a rather rare pathology. Rapunzel syndrome is characterized by a large trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail that extends beyond the pylorus into the small intestine, causing mechanical obstruction of the small ...
O. M. Shulhai +4 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome with Gastric Perforation: A Rare Case Report in a Three-year-old Child
International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical SciencesRapunzel syndrome is a rare variant of trichobezoar in the stomach extending from the stomach into the small intestine causing a bowel obstruction and commonly associated with an underlying psychiatric disorder. The term comes from a story written by the
Chhavindar Singh +2 more
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Intestinal Obstruction and Acute Pancreatitis: An Unusual Presentation of Rapunzel Syndrome
Oman Medical JournalAbdominal pain is a common complaint in children, and pancreatitis is one of the potential causes, which can be due to mechanical obstruction of the pancreatic drainage canal.
Ali Sarhan Al Sarhan +5 more
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Gastric Trichobezoar with Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rarity in Rarity
NMO JournalA trichobezoar is a collection or accumulation of hair (tricho) in the cavity of the stomach. It is mostly seen in young females who have underlying psychological illnesses leading to hair-eating habits (trichophagia).
B. Sriharsha +3 more
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International audienceBackground: Situs inversus is a rare anatomical anomaly that renders surgical presentations atypical. The association of acute pancreatitis, a gastrointestinal trichobezoar, and Rapunzel syndrome in a patient with situs inversus is ...
Azhari, Ilias El +9 more
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Case of rapunzel syndrome: With a review of diagnosis and treatment
, 2012 Overview: Rapunzel Syndrome has been used to describe a large gastric trichobezoar with tail that extends beyond the pylorus of variable length. It is a rare diagnosis associated with trichophagia.
Reid, Christopher +4 more
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