Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer

The Rapunzel syndrome refers to an uncommon and rare form of trichobezoar that extends past the stomach into the small intestines. The Rapunzel syndrome is usually found in young female patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, mainly trichotillomania and trichophagia. We describe a case of...

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Autores principales: Athanasiou, Antonios, Michalinos, Adamantios, Moris, Demetrios, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Dimitrokallis, Nikolaos, Kaminiotis, Vaios, Oikonomou, Demetrios, Griniatsos, John, Felekouras, Evangelos
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267319
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author Athanasiou, Antonios
Michalinos, Adamantios
Moris, Demetrios
Spartalis, Eleftherios
Dimitrokallis, Nikolaos
Kaminiotis, Vaios
Oikonomou, Demetrios
Griniatsos, John
Felekouras, Evangelos
author_facet Athanasiou, Antonios
Michalinos, Adamantios
Moris, Demetrios
Spartalis, Eleftherios
Dimitrokallis, Nikolaos
Kaminiotis, Vaios
Oikonomou, Demetrios
Griniatsos, John
Felekouras, Evangelos
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description The Rapunzel syndrome refers to an uncommon and rare form of trichobezoar that extends past the stomach into the small intestines. The Rapunzel syndrome is usually found in young female patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, mainly trichotillomania and trichophagia. We describe a case of Rapunzel syndrome in a 15-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss. We performed a surgical laparotomy and successfully removed a huge trichobezoar extending into the small intestine.
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spelling pubmed-42413382014-11-27 Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer Athanasiou, Antonios Michalinos, Adamantios Moris, Demetrios Spartalis, Eleftherios Dimitrokallis, Nikolaos Kaminiotis, Vaios Oikonomou, Demetrios Griniatsos, John Felekouras, Evangelos Case Rep Med Case Report The Rapunzel syndrome refers to an uncommon and rare form of trichobezoar that extends past the stomach into the small intestines. The Rapunzel syndrome is usually found in young female patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, mainly trichotillomania and trichophagia. We describe a case of Rapunzel syndrome in a 15-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss. We performed a surgical laparotomy and successfully removed a huge trichobezoar extending into the small intestine. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4241338/ /pubmed/25431596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267319 Text en Copyright © 2014 Antonios Athanasiou 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.
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Athanasiou, Antonios
Michalinos, Adamantios
Moris, Demetrios
Spartalis, Eleftherios
Dimitrokallis, Nikolaos
Kaminiotis, Vaios
Oikonomou, Demetrios
Griniatsos, John
Felekouras, Evangelos
Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title_full Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title_fullStr Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title_full_unstemmed Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title_short Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Giant Gastric Ulcer
title_sort rapunzel syndrome: a rare presentation with giant gastric ulcer
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267319
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