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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail

The diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome can sometimes be challenging. The silent features such as poor appetite, constipation, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypoproteinemia were all overlooked in our patient initially. The Rapunzel tail leads to multiple intussusceptions and an unexpected perforation seal...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Deepak, Pandey, Vaibhav, Nandan, Ruchira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9997584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_86_22
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description The diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome can sometimes be challenging. The silent features such as poor appetite, constipation, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypoproteinemia were all overlooked in our patient initially. The Rapunzel tail leads to multiple intussusceptions and an unexpected perforation sealed by intussusceptions. Perforation sealed by intussusceptions in a clinically stable patient of Rapunzel syndrome has never been reported.
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spelling pubmed-99975842023-03-10 Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail Kumar, Deepak Pandey, Vaibhav Nandan, Ruchira J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report The diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome can sometimes be challenging. The silent features such as poor appetite, constipation, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypoproteinemia were all overlooked in our patient initially. The Rapunzel tail leads to multiple intussusceptions and an unexpected perforation sealed by intussusceptions. Perforation sealed by intussusceptions in a clinically stable patient of Rapunzel syndrome has never been reported. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9997584/ /pubmed/36910287 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_86_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://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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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail
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title_fullStr Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail
title_full_unstemmed Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail
title_short Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail
title_sort rapunzel syndrome: a concealed tale of the misleading tail
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9997584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_86_22
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