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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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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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author | Kumar, Deepak Pandey, Vaibhav Nandan, Ruchira |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kumar, Deepak Pandey, Vaibhav Nandan, Ruchira Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail |
title | Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail |
title_full | Rapunzel Syndrome: A Concealed Tale of the Misleading Tail |
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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