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Endoscopic Removal of a Recurrent Trichobezoar in an Adolescent: A Case Report
JPGN Reports, Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2023., 2023 Trichobezoar, a rare condition of intragastric hair accumulation is commonly associated with an underlying psychological condition. Removal of the bezoar either endoscopically or surgically (laparoscopy or laparotomy) with concurrent psychiatric assessment and treatment is the mode of treatment.
Shivangi Tetarbe +4 more
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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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Profile of patients consulting in child psychiatry for trichotillomania
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by the compulsive pulling out of one’s own hair. It usually starts just before or after puberty, and about 1 to 2% of people have this disorder.
M. Sahnoun, A. Guedria, N. Gaddour
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Giant Gastroduodenal Trichobezoar: An Endoscopic Surprise
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2018 A trichobezoar is a rare condition, mostly seen in teenage girls with abnormal psychiatric behavior of eating hairs and nails (trichophagia). Trichobezoar may rarely present with nonspecific abdominal symptoms without obvious trichotillomania and ...
Ashish Kumar Jha +6 more
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European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Trichobezoar is a rare entity that primarily occurs as a complication of psychiatric disorders, most often in adolescent and young females suffering from trichotillomania (TTM) and trichophagia.
A. Klobučar +3 more
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Trichobezoar without a clear manifestation of trichotillomania
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Trichophagia is a compulsive condition characterized by eating hair, mostly seen in adolescent females. Persistence of ingestion of hair over many years results in the formation of trichobezoar.
Akhilesh Jain +5 more
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Gastric Trichobezoar with Rapunzel Syndrome: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Bezoars are collections of non-digestible matter that usually accumulates in stomach and can extend to small bowel. Trichobezoars (concretions of hair) are unusual and are usually found in young psychiatric females, who often deny eating their own hair (
Anoop Dixit +2 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
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Rapunzel syndrome: Surgical problem in a neuropsychiatric disorder
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015 The Rapunzel syndrome is an extreme form of trichobezoar found in patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, like trichotillomania (habit of hair pulling) and trichophagia (morbid habit of chewing the hair).
Gauravkumar Patel +2 more
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An adolescent girl with Rapunzel syndrome: Case report with review of literature
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013 Trichobezoar is a collection of dense mass of hair in stomach. When this extends into any part of the small intestine it is called Rapunzel Syndrome (RS).
Pradnya M Diggikar +3 more
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