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Improvements in Social Cognition, Executive Functioning, and Trichotillomania with Characteristics of Trichophagia in a 26-year-old Female Patient Following Neurological Rehabilitation.

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
T. Eason
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Gastric trichobezoar: An uncommon cause of epigastric pain: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Trichobezoars are foreign and indigestible materials in the gastrointestinal tract and are usually found in psychiatric females, who often deny eating their own hair, but also at situations of gastric dysmotility and prior gastric surgery. Although rare,
Rahma Daoud, Ahmed Tlili, Sami Fendri, Amira Akrout, Aymen Trigui, Salah Boujelbene   +5 more
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An atypical death from Rapunzel syndrome: a case report [PDF]

, 2023
Trichotillomania is a psychiatric disorder characterized by recurring urges to pulling out hairs, eyelashes, or down in other parts of the body. Trichophagia, which is the urge to ingesting the pulled-out hairs, can cause Rapunzel syndrome, an unusual ...
Cira di Gioia, Costantino Ciallella, Edoardo Bottoni, Gianluca Nicolò Piras, Luca Tomassini   +4 more
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My stomach is full

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Anorexia nervosa is an eating behavior disorder that is often related to various personality factors. The relationship between obsessive compulsive disorder and eating Disorders has been highlighted.
M. Queipo De Llano De La Viuda, A. Gonzaga Ramírez, N. De Uribe Viloria, G. Guerra Valera, T. Jiménez Aparicio, C. Vallecillo Adame, C. De Andrés Lobo, I. Santos Carrasco, J. Gonçalves Cerejeira, N. Navarro Barriga, M.J. Mateos Sexmero, B. Rodríguez Rodríguez, M. Fernández Lozano   +12 more
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Trichobezoar as an Unusual Cause for Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Rare Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Trichobezoars are conglomerations of undigested foreign materials within the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). They are most commonly observed in young girls. Trichobezoars typically lodge in the stomach, but can extend further into the intestines in a condition called Rapunzel syndrome.
Almouallem MM, Hanna M, Martini N, Alfarouh A, Mousseli R, Yaldany M, Mahmod J.   +6 more
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Multidisciplinary treatment of massive trichobezoar caused an acute gastric outlet obstruction [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2023
Introduction. Trichobezoars presents a rare form of bezoar made of swallowed hair, with clinical manifestation of gastric or intestinal obstruction, gastric ulceration, bleeding, and perforation.
Lončar Zlatibor, Vasin Dragan, Ristić Miloš, Popović Dušan, Tiosavljević Danijela, Dugalić Stefan, Doklestić Krstina   +6 more
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Trichotillomania – therapeutic possibilities

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Trichotillomania is a mental disorder in which the patient persistently and recurrently pulls out his own hair, which results in varying degrees of hair loss.
Sylwia Nemeczek, Konrad Merkisz, Klaudia Walczak, Patrycja Walczak, Sylwia Zdun, Jakub Grzybowski, Agnieszka Marciniak, Natalia Grzywna, Karolina Jaskuła, Władysław Orłowski   +9 more
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Giant Gastric Trichobezoar: Unveiling the Complexity of a 14-Year-Old's Abdominal Pain. [PDF]

Case Rep Surg
Trichobezoars are accumulations of undigested hair. Usually, this disorder follows a psychiatric etiology; however, sometimes a nonpsychiatric etiology, such as pica, can also be suspected. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar in which the hair is usually confined to the stomach and small intestine.
Iqbal A, Faraz F, Bano B, Atta A, Azeem A, Shahzad F, Jabeen N, Shami B.   +7 more
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An Unusual Case of Primary Ileal Trichobezoar Causing Intussusception. [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND Intussusception, which is the prolapse of one section of intestine into another, is a common cause of small-bowel obstruction in pediatric patients. Bezoars are concretions of ingested foreign material. Trichobezoars, which are bezoars made of
Goodman, Laura, Leigh, Rebekah, Mendez, Yomara, Radulescu, Andrei, Sacks, Marla, Tagge, Edward, Won, Mitchell   +6 more
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A Rare Case of Ileal Intussusception Caused by Primary Small Bowel Trichobezoar and Meckel's Diverticulum in an Autistic Child. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Intussusception is a condition in which one part of the intestine slides into an adjacent part of the intestine. Intussusception is an important cause of an acute abdomen and the second most common cause of bowel obstruction in children.
Messaoud M, Joya HU, Alansari AN, Jouini A, Ksiaa A, Zrig A, Sahnoun L.   +6 more
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