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Rapunzel Syndrome Case Report: A 13-year-old Girl.

Hakan Ozdemir1, Zehra U Ozdemir, Ibrahim T Sahiner, Metin Senol.   

Abstract

Bezoars are masses, which are commonly encountered in patients after stomach surgery or in those with psychiatric problems, formed by the accumulation of intraluminal nondigestible substances that can lead to obstruction of the stomach and the small intestine. The anatomical changes in the gastrointestinal tract are known to cause bezoar formation. In the absence of an anatomical change, psychiatric disorders such as trichotillomania may lead to the formation of trichobezoars in the stomach. The so-called Rapunzel syndrome is the extension of the bezoars down to the duodenum and the jejunum, which is a rare condition. In this paper, a 13-year-old patient with trichotillomania is reported, who was admitted to our clinic with nausea, vomiting, and fatigue complaints, in whom a giant trichobezoar was identified, which completely filled the stomach and duodenum, without causing obstruction.

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Keywords:  Rapunzel syndrome; trichobezoar; trichotillomania

Year:  2012        PMID: 23766614      PMCID: PMC3681111          DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.111202

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Trichology        ISSN: 0974-7753


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Journal:  South Med J       Date:  1992-10       Impact factor: 0.954

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1.  An unlikely cause of severe malnutrition in a 3-year-old girl with previous gastroschisis.

Authors:  J J Ashton; S Blackburn; D Burge; R M Beattie
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2014-09-02
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