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Giant Gastric Trichobezoar: A Case Report of an Adolescent Girl [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsA rare case of gastric trichobezoar associated with trichotillomania and trichophagia emphasizes the need for careful psychiatric evaluation and early imaging of such patients to ensure timely surgical intervention to prevent severe complications.
Sehrish Irshad +4 more
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Pediatric Rapunzel Syndrome Presenting With Jejunojejunal Intussusception Managed Surgically: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsBezoars are masses of indigestible material within the gastrointestinal tract. Trichobezoars, composed of hair, are rare and typically occur in young females with psychiatric conditions.
Muhammad Irfan +8 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome—An Extremely Rare Cause of Digestive Symptoms in Children: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare condition seen in adolescents or young females with psychiatric disorders consisting of a gastric trichobezoar with an extension within the small bowel.
Cristina Oana Marginean +4 more
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Trichophagia as a cause of acute appendicitis in a patient with bipolar disorder
Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2022 Acute appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal surgical emergencies worldwide. Clinical diagnosis is possible in most of the cases although imaging modalities may become necessary if the diagnosis is uncertain.
H. Taşkın +2 more
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Trichotillomania with Trichophagia and Trichobezoars: A Case Report
Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 2023 Trichotillomania is a condition when an individual is unable to resist the urge to pull out the hair on their head or in other places. Trichophagia is the repetitive swallowing of hair most usually connected with compulsive hair pulling. Trichotillomania
Mohd Aznan Md. Aris, Aini Laili Romali
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Gastric trichobezoar consist of the accumulation of chewed hair in the stomach and can extend to other structures of the digestive tract. The relevance of this entity is that it affects the process of nutrition and digestion, and depending on the size and distension of the digestive tract structures, it can cause perforation, infections, cholangitis ...
Lina María López-Álvarez +5 more
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Clinical characteristics of trichotillomania with trichophagia. [PDF]
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2008 Little is known about trichophagia in individuals with trichotillomania. Although studies have mentioned the behavior, no previous studies have examined clinical correlates of trichophagia.We examined the clinical correlates of trichophagia in 68 subjects with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, trichotillomania (85.3%
J. Grant, B. Odlaug
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A Case of Giant Gastric Trichobezoar [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 Trichobezoar is an unusual form of bezoar found in the digestive tract, mostly in the stomach. The patient is often a female in her adolescence who pulls out and swallows her hair.
Saeed Aslanabadi +5 more
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Trichobezoar with Rapunzel Syndrome Secondary to Trichophagia in Old Age a Case Report
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Reports, 2023 Bezoars are impacted concretions of ingested non-absorbable foreign material, formed most often in the stomach and sometimes in the intestine. When the bezoar is composed of hairs it is termed a trichobezoar and when its tail is extended into the small ...
A. Saeed
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Respiratory and intestinal trichobezoar in a female: An unusual case report and literature review
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Trichobezoars are hairballs in the gastrointestinal tract that usually develop due to the consumption of hair after pulling it. However, some rare case reports suggest that trichobezoar can also occur in the respiratory system.
Siavash Abedi +5 more
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