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Acute Case of Trichobezoar Diagnosed From Computed Tomography and 3D Images: Rapunzel Syndrome Re-examined. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
A trichobezoar is a rare cause of abdominal pain due to an indigestible mass in the gastrointestinal tract that is composed of a patient’s hair. If a trichobezoar grows and extends from the gastric body to the pylorus and into the small bowel, it is ...
Kyin C, Patel P, Casas-Melley A, Abdalla WM, Westmoreland T.   +4 more
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A Case Report of Rapunzel Syndrome in 14-Year-Old Girl. [PDF]

Cureus
Trichobezoar or hairball in the proximal part of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare condition that occurs mainly in young and adolescent females. Since human hair is resistant to digestive enzymes and resistant to peristalsis, it easily accumulates ...
Stamov P, Zlatarov A, Mihaylov S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

An Unusual Case of Primary Ileal Trichobezoar Causing Intussusception. [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND Intussusception, which is the prolapse of one section of intestine into another, is a common cause of small-bowel obstruction in pediatric patients. Bezoars are concretions of ingested foreign material. Trichobezoars, which are bezoars made of
Goodman, Laura, Leigh, Rebekah, Mendez, Yomara, Radulescu, Andrei, Sacks, Marla, Tagge, Edward, Won, Mitchell   +6 more
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Acute Abdominal Pain with Obstructing Trichobezoar: A Pediatric Case of Rapunzel Syndrome Diagnosed in a Pediatric Emergency Department. [PDF]

Pediatr Rep
Introduction: Acute abdominal pain is a prevalent complaint in pediatric emergency departments. Primary care physicians can find it challenging to treat such pain and, in particular, to determine whether it requires emergent surgical intervention.
Kim SH, Lee JI, Park S, Paek SH.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trichophagia and trichobezoar: case report [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Trichobezoar consists of a compact mass of hair occupying the gastric cavity to a various extent. When the trichobezoar extends past the duodenum it is better referred to as Rapunzel Syndrome.
Alcafache, J, Madeira, N, Molinar, G, Noronha, J, Santos, T, Vicente, C   +5 more
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Upper abdominal mass in children

, 2023
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2023.
Abdullah Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Besoaar maos. Haigusjuhu kirjeldus [PDF]

, 2009
Besoaar on konkrement, mis esineb seedetraktis, kõige sagedamini maos. Tavaliselt leitakse neid psüühilistelt haigetel inimestel. Näiteks trihhobesoaar tekib enamasti trihhotillomaaniat põdevatel inimestel.
Anijalg, Ene, Lember, Margus, Murde, Maret, Peetsalu, Margot, Suurna, Mare   +4 more
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Trichobezoar causing gastric outlet obstruction in a patient with trichotillomania

, 2023
United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 482-483, June 2023.
Valentina Adotti, Martina Rosi, Paolo Prosperi, Francesco Vizzutti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapunzel syndrome

Pediatric Emergency Care, 2014
Rapunzel syndrome is defined as a gastric trichobezoar with a tail that extends distally into the small intestine. It is extremely rare and found more often in premenarchal girls with psychiatric comorbidities. Symptoms can be vague and linger for years.
Rupesh Namdev, Vikas Shah, Daniel Bell
openaire   +3 more sources

Rapunzel syndrome in an adolescent girl

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Bezoars are masses, which are commonly encountered in patients after stomach surgery or in those with psychiatric problems. These are formed by the accumulation of intraluminal non digestible substances that can lead to obstruction of the stomach and the
Pradeep Kajal, Namita Bhutani
doaj   +1 more source