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Trichobezoar-Induced Intussusception in a Child Without Rapunzel Syndrome: Case Report

SVOA Paediatrics
Introduction: Isolated intestinal trichobezoars without gastric involvement are extremely rare and may present with unusual and challenging complications.
Norah Alsadhan, Almahaa Alshammari, Shinas K Nellicka, Mohammad G Khairallah, Yara Algoraini   +4 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: When Hair becomes a Hazard – Insights into a Rare Gastrointestinal Disorder

Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Syndrome is defined by the development of a trichobezoar, or mass of swallowed hair, that grows from the stomach into the intestines. Psychiatric illnesses like trichotillomania and trichophagia, which cause compulsive hair pulling and eating, are ...
Km Garg
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Hair Apparent: Rapunzel Syndrome

American Journal of Psychiatry, 2005
Emily (all names and identifiers have been changed to protect confidentiality) was a 7-year-old girl seen by her pediatrician for a routine annual examination. Although Emily had voiced no complaints, her mother had noted that she had appeared paler than usual.
Ariel S, Frey, Milissa, McKee, Robert A, King, Andrés, Martin   +3 more
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A novel finding of Rapunzel syndrome

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of gastric trichobezoar (hair ball) involving extension of a tail of the hair into the small bowel. A 13-year-old girl was admitted with a 4-day history of epigastric pain and nausea which worsened after meals. Abdominal ultrasound showed duodenal wall thickening and lymphadenopathy.
Itaru, Iwama, Ryusuke, Nambu, Tomoko, Hara   +2 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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Syndrome de Rapunzel

Journal De Chirurgie Viscérale
Antoine Poirier, Amélie Delens, Thomas Serradori   +2 more
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Telling the tale of Rapunzel syndrome

Surgery, 2013
Fig 1. Upper gastrointestinal study with oral contrast revealing a mass occupying the stomach and extending through the pylorus into the duodenum. A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN was brought to the emergency department with mild abdominal discomfort, increasing nausea, and worsening constipation over the previous several days.
Vladimir, Neychev, John, Famiglietti, Pierre F, Saldinger   +2 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 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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