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Rapunzel Syndrome Revealed by an Umbilical Hernia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Medical Research and Surgery
Introduction: Rapunzel syndrome is a rare entity defined by the presence of a trichobezoar that can sit throughout the digestive tract. It results in psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Y. A, Bangoura Ms, Camara Fl, D. A, Camara Nly, I. Ka, Diop Ps, D. M   +7 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: Multidisciplinary Management – A Case Report

Batna journal of medical sciences
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of gastric trichobezoar that extends into the small intestine, most diagnosed in adolescent girls with compulsive disorders such as trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Amel Bouguerra, Djamila-Djahida Batouche, Z. Addou, Nourreddine Chadli   +3 more
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Gastric trichobezoar and Rapunzel syndrome

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2004
16-year-old woman with a history of depression presented with a -day history of increasing pain in the left upper quadrant, followed y 4 days of nausea and vomiting. She denied fever, chills, weight oss, or diarrhea. On examination, the patient was afebrile, hemodyamically stable, with a large abdominal mass primarily in the left pper quadrant.
Rachel M, Zent, C Clay, Cothren, Ernest E, Moore   +2 more
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Rapunzel syndrome: a diagnosis overlooked

Acta Paediatrica, 2006
AbstractWe report two children who presented with a painless abdominal mass masquerading as a splenic enlargement. The paucity of symptoms resulted in delayed diagnosis. At laparotomy the trichobezoars were found to have a tail extending into the small intestine.Conclusion: This condition eludes diagnosis unless sought for particularly in the ...
John, Mathai, Jacob, Chacko, T Sathish, Kumar, Julius Xavier, Scott, Indira, Agarwal, Sneha, Varkki   +5 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2022
Kumble Seetharama Madhusudhan, Manas Vaishnav, Danny Joy   +2 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome—A Case Report

American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1999
The gastric trichobezoars usually occur in young girls, often those with psychiatric disorders. Rarely these are known to extend from the stomach to the small intestine as a tail, when they are termed the Rapunzel syndrome. Until 1997, only 10 such cases have been reported in the literature.
S L, Singla, K N, Rattan, N, Kaushik, S K, Pandit   +3 more
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Rapunzel syndrome in an adolescent child: clinical case

Paediatric Surgery Ukraine
Gastrointestinal 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. Shulhai, V. Dzhyvak, P. Hoshchynskyi, R.I. Makivka, I.O. Krycky   +4 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome: Dual Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society
A 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.
Christelle Destinval, O. Larmure, J. Lemelle   +2 more
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Rapunzel’s giant hairball: a report of Rapunzel syndrome in a young man

International Surgery Journal
Rapunzel syndrome, a rare form of trichobezoar, is a condition in which an accumulation of hair forms in the stomach and extends to the small intestine. Here we describe a case of a 17-year-old male presenting with gastric outlet obstruction secondary to
Kheira Gabsi, Ernest Cheng, Yenni Yu
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Gastric Trichobezoar with Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rarity in Rarity

NMO Journal
A 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, Bharath Konan, V. Krishna, Sidramappa Shivanna Shimikore   +3 more
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