Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome
A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia. A CT scan showed a mass in the stomach, which was highly suspicious for a gastric bezoar. Drooping parts of the bezoar caused a duodenal ob...
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| description | A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia. A CT scan showed a mass in the stomach, which was highly suspicious for a gastric bezoar. Drooping parts of the bezoar caused a duodenal obstruction with secondary acute pancreatitis. The bezoar was removed via a laparoscopically performed gastrotomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99bd19222f2d402da44d80a462f723cb2025-02-03T05:51:51ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192016-01-01201610.1155/2016/76385047638504Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel SyndromeBijan Koushk Jalali0Alperen Bingöl1Ashraf Reyad2Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USADepartment of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USADepartment of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAA 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia. A CT scan showed a mass in the stomach, which was highly suspicious for a gastric bezoar. Drooping parts of the bezoar caused a duodenal obstruction with secondary acute pancreatitis. The bezoar was removed via a laparoscopically performed gastrotomy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7638504 |
| spellingShingle | Bijan Koushk Jalali Alperen Bingöl Ashraf Reyad Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome |
| title_full | Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome |
| title_short | Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome |
| title_sort | laparoscopic management of acute pancreatitis secondary to rapunzel syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7638504 |
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