The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation

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 principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastri...

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Autores principales: Lopes, Luiz Roberto, Oliveira, Priscilla Sene Portel, Pracucho, Eduardo Marcucci, Camargo, Marcelo Amade, Coelho Neto, João de Souza, Andreollo, Nelson Adami
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/841028
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author Lopes, Luiz Roberto
Oliveira, Priscilla Sene Portel
Pracucho, Eduardo Marcucci
Camargo, Marcelo Amade
Coelho Neto, João de Souza
Andreollo, Nelson Adami
author_facet Lopes, Luiz Roberto
Oliveira, Priscilla Sene Portel
Pracucho, Eduardo Marcucci
Camargo, Marcelo Amade
Coelho Neto, João de Souza
Andreollo, Nelson Adami
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description 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 principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastric pain. In this case report, we describe this syndrome in a young girl.
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spelling pubmed-28463512010-04-05 The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation Lopes, Luiz Roberto Oliveira, Priscilla Sene Portel Pracucho, Eduardo Marcucci Camargo, Marcelo Amade Coelho Neto, João de Souza Andreollo, Nelson Adami Case Rep Med Case Report 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 principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastric pain. In this case report, we describe this syndrome in a young girl. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2846351/ /pubmed/20368785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/841028 Text en Copyright © 2010 Luiz Roberto Lopes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lopes, Luiz Roberto
Oliveira, Priscilla Sene Portel
Pracucho, Eduardo Marcucci
Camargo, Marcelo Amade
Coelho Neto, João de Souza
Andreollo, Nelson Adami
The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title_full The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title_fullStr The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title_full_unstemmed The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title_short The Rapunzel Syndrome: An Unusual Trichobezoar Presentation
title_sort rapunzel syndrome: an unusual trichobezoar presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/841028
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