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Trichobezoar Casing Gastric Perforation: A Case Report
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Trichobezoars are impactions of swallowed hairs in the stomach and occasionally in the intestine. They occur in emotionally disturbed, depressed, or mentally retarded patients who have trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Zeeshanuddin Ahmad +3 more
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Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2016 A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Bijan Koushk Jalali +2 more
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Rapunzel Syndrome in a Patient with Autism [PDF]
Genel Tıp Dergisi, 2022 Trichobezoar should be considered in the differential diagnosis in pediatric patients who present with complaints of abdominal pain, feeding problems, and vomiting as well as psychiatric problems.Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of trichobezoar that can
Meltem Gümüş +5 more
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Gastric trichobezoar: Food for thought [PDF]
South African Journal of Radiology, 2013 A bezoar is an agglomeration of food or indigestible foreign material in the gastro-intestinal tract. It is an uncommon cause of abdominal symptomatology and can result in intestinal obstruction.
Narisha Maharaj +3 more
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The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Case Report on Rapunzel syndrome: a large gastric trichobezoar extending to the proximal jejunum in a young adult female [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineA trichobezoar is an intraluminal mass of hair growing continuously with additional ingestion, while Rapunzel syndrome refers to a giant gastric trichobezoar that extends from the stomach into the small intestine.
Ksenija Mijović +12 more
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Unraveling the Unexpected: A Rare Trichobezoar Case in a Male Child [PDF]
Journal of Medical UltrasoundBezoars are masses that form due to the accumulation of foreign materials in the gastrointestinal tract. They are categorized into four main types: phytobezoars, trichobezoars, lactobezoars, and pharmacobezoars.
Candan Yeşim Tuncel +3 more
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Huge simultaneous trichobezoars causing gastric and small-bowel obstruction
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011 Bezoars are concretions of foreign materials that impair gastrointestinal motility or cause intestinal obstruction in the stomach, small intestine or bowel of humans or animals.
Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei +4 more
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Primary Trichobezoar in Small Intestine: A Case Report [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and SurgeryTrichobezoar is a rare surgical condition that mostly occurs in the stomach and often causes a surgical emergency when left untreated. It is often predisposed by psychiatric conditions, mental retardation, previous gastric surgery, or abnormal anatomy ...
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Rapunzel Syndrome: Trichobezoar in a 13 Years Old Girl [PDF]
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2013 Background: Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague ranging from abdominal mass to gastrointestinal symptoms.
Krishnanand +2 more
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