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Trichobezoar [PDF]

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2021
Teaching point: A trichobezoar is a relatively rare entity that presents on imaging as a heterogeneous and multilayered mass molded by the stomach lumen.
Jonas De Melio, Thomas Debrouwere, Murielle Herman   +2 more
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From Hair-Pulling to Trichobezoars and Rapunzel Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of Trichotillomania [PDF]

Quality in Sport
Introduction: Trichotillomania (TTM) is an obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by the uncontrollable pulling of hair from various parts of the body, most commonly from the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes.
Rosińska Kamila, Julia Natalia Łojewska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Agnieszka Perko, Mateusz Rosiński, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Oliwia Bochenek, Mateusz Koper   +7 more
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Trichophagia along with trichobezoar in the absence of trichotillomania

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2014
Trichobezoars are rarely described in the absence of trichotillomania. In this report we present a case of trichobezoar associated with trichophagia in the absence of trichotillomania. A 16-year-old girl presented to surgery outpatient with complaints of
A. Mehra, A. Avasthi, Vikas Gupta, S. Grover   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Trichotillomania, trichophagia, trichobezoar - summary of three cases. Endoscopic follow up scheme in trichotillomania.

Psychiatria Polska, 2016
AIM Trichotillomania is a lack of control of one's hair pulling. It is estimated that about 1% of population develops trichotillomania. In up to 20% of patients with trichotillomania swollowing follows hair pulling.
M. Wolski, Marta Gawłowska-Sawosz, Michał Gogolewski, T. Wolańczyk, P. Albrecht, A. Kamiński   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Recurrent trichobezoar due to trichophagia: a case report.

General Hospital Psychiatry, 2013
Trichobezoar, a hair ball in the gastrointestinal tract, is usually the result of the urge to pull out one's own hair (trichotillomania) and swallow it (trichophagia). It is almost exclusively seen in young females and may cause serious medical complications.
I. Kırpınar, Tuğba Kocacenk, E. Koçer, N. Memmi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Rapunzel syndrome: emergency laparoscopic management. [PDF]

J Surg Case Rep
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of trichobezoar, typically associated with an underlying and often untreated psychiatric disorder such as trichotillomania.
Adrianzen RY, Ampuero AI, Claudet AM.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Acute Abdominal Pain with Obstructing Trichobezoar: A Pediatric Case of Rapunzel Syndrome Diagnosed in a Pediatric Emergency Department [PDF]

Pediatric Reports
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.
Sung-Ha Kim, Jong-In Lee, Soohyun Park, So-Hyun Paek   +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, Priscilla Sene Portel Oliveira, Eduardo Marcucci Pracucho, Marcelo Amade Camargo, João de Souza Coelho Neto, Nelson Adami Andreollo   +5 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, Halil Haldun Emiroğlu, Metin Gündüz, Fatma Özcan Sıkı, Reyhan Gümüştekin, Anna Carina Ergani   +5 more
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Trichotillomania and trichophagia - diagnosis, treatment, prevention. The attempt to establish guidelines of treatment in Poland.

Psychiatria Polska, 2016
Trichotillomania is a disorder characterised by inability to control over pulling own hair from various parts of a body resulting in noticeable hair loss.
Marta Gawłowska-Sawosz, M. Wolski, A. Kamiński, P. Albrecht, T. Wolańczyk   +4 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources