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Nephrotic syndrome in a female patient with Rapunzel syndrome

Терапевтический архив, 2014
The Rapunzel syndrome is a rare complication of gastric trichobezoar, which may be long insidious. Systemic hair eating gradually leads to bezoar growth, gastritis, gastric mucosal ulcerations, and evacuatory disorders.
N S Umbetalina, E M Turgunov, L G Turgunova, T A Baesheva, I V Bacheva   +4 more
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Rapunzel syndrome and gastric perforation [PDF]

The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2010
Rapunzel syndrome complicated with gastric perforation is a very rare presentation of trichobezoar. Trichobezoar is an uncommon condition affecting predominantly females. It has non-specific clinical presentation, a wide range of complications, and, if not treated appropriately, carries significant mortality.
Raed, Tayyem, Imran, Ilyas, Iain, Smith, Ian, Pickford   +3 more
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Rapunzel syndrome, a rare hairy tale: a case report [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare condition that typically occurs in young females with trichotillomania or trichophagia. The name “Rapunzel” was given due to the presence of trichobezoars extending from the stomach down to various parts of the ...
Nevine Macalintal, Shoshana Taube, Vinci Jones, Cornelia Muntean   +3 more
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Rapunzel syndrome: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017
Bezoars are masses, which are commonly encountered in patients after stomach surgery or in those with psychiatric problems, formed by the accumulation of intraluminal non digestible substances that can lead to obstruction of the stomach and the small ...
Ruankha Bilommi
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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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The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
The Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual form of trichobezoar found in patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania (habit of hair pulling) and trichophagia (morbid habit of chewing the hair), consequently developing gastric bezoars. The
Luiz Roberto Lopes, Priscilla Sene Portel Oliveira, Eduardo Marcucci Pracucho, Marcelo Amade Camargo, João de Souza Coelho Neto, Nelson Adami Andreollo   +5 more
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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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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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Rapunzel syndrome’s silent cry: addressing neglect and psychiatric factors in pediatric cases

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette
Introduction Rapunzel syndrome is a very rare form of trichobezoar. It is strongly linked to psychiatric conditions; trichotillomania and trichophagia. These conditions in the pediatric population point to the presence of childhood stressors like child ...
Arshia Warsi, Rabeea Mushtaq, Syed Waqas Ali, Farah Anwer   +3 more
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