Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report
We here report a case of 9 years old girl presented in casualty with an acute abdomen and small bowel obstruction and on laprotomy a large trichobezoar was revealed extending into small intestine along with intussuception. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal trichobezoar. Trichobe...
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| description | We here report a case of 9 years old girl presented in
casualty with an acute abdomen and small bowel
obstruction and on laprotomy a large trichobezoar was
revealed extending into small intestine along with
intussuception. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare but
potentially fatal trichobezoar. Trichobezoar, an underdiagnosed
entity, has to be considered in the
differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and a nontender
abdominal mass even in young children. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bc2bcf76736849b5aa60c689fe55fe3e2025-08-20T01:54:55ZengKrishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), KaradJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University2231-42612231-42612015-01-0143113115Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case ReportHemlata Kamra 0Santosh L. Munde1Swaran Kaur2M. K. Garg3Deepak Singla4Department of Pathology, Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat-124305 (Harayana) IndiaDepartment of Surgery, Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat-124305 (Harayana) IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat-124305 (Harayana) IndiaDepartment of Surgery, Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat-124305 (Harayana) IndiaDepartment of Surgery, Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat-124305 (Harayana) IndiaWe here report a case of 9 years old girl presented in casualty with an acute abdomen and small bowel obstruction and on laprotomy a large trichobezoar was revealed extending into small intestine along with intussuception. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal trichobezoar. Trichobezoar, an underdiagnosed entity, has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and a nontender abdominal mass even in young children.http://jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol4no3/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%204,%20No.%203,%20July-Sept%202015%20Page%20113-115.pdfTrichobezoarRapunzel syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Hemlata Kamra Santosh L. Munde Swaran Kaur M. K. Garg Deepak Singla Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University Trichobezoar Rapunzel syndrome |
| title | Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report |
| title_full | Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report |
| title_short | Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report |
| title_sort | rapunzel syndrome trichobezoar in a 9 year old girl a case report |
| topic | Trichobezoar Rapunzel syndrome |
| url | http://jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol4no3/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%204,%20No.%203,%20July-Sept%202015%20Page%20113-115.pdf |
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