Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present

Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague, ranging from asymptomatic abdominal mass to gastrointestinal perforation. There are only few cases reported in literature, with the youngest age being 3...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Mritunjay, Maletha, Madhukar, Bhuddi, Sakshi, Kumari, Rashmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7020672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32139992
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_1_19
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author Kumar, Mritunjay
Maletha, Madhukar
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Kumari, Rashmi
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description Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague, ranging from asymptomatic abdominal mass to gastrointestinal perforation. There are only few cases reported in literature, with the youngest age being 3 years. We present the case of a 3-year-old male child presenting with Rapunzel syndrome and features of subacute intestinal obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-70206722020-03-06 Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present Kumar, Mritunjay Maletha, Madhukar Bhuddi, Sakshi Kumari, Rashmi J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague, ranging from asymptomatic abdominal mass to gastrointestinal perforation. There are only few cases reported in literature, with the youngest age being 3 years. We present the case of a 3-year-old male child presenting with Rapunzel syndrome and features of subacute intestinal obstruction. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7020672/ /pubmed/32139992 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_1_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kumar, Mritunjay
Maletha, Madhukar
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Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present
title Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present
title_full Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present
title_fullStr Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present
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title_short Rapunzel Syndrome in a 3-Year-Old Boy: A Menace too Early to Present
title_sort rapunzel syndrome in a 3-year-old boy: a menace too early to present
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7020672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32139992
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_1_19
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