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Rapunzel Syndrome Reviewed and Redefined

Author(s) -

Saleem Naik,

V. Gupta,

Swati Naik,

Ashwin Rangole,

Ashok Chaudhary,

Prashant Jain,

Ashok Sharma

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

digestive surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1421-9983

pISSN - 0253-4886

DOI - 10.1159/000102098

Subject(s) - bezoar , medicine , vomiting , presentation (obstetrics) , abdominal pain , ileum , nausea , jejunum , stomach , ileal diseases , general surgery , surgery , gastroenterology

Rapunzel syndrome is a rare presentation of a trichobezoar, with 24 cases having been reported in literature so far. This syndrome has been reported in 23 female and 1 male patient with a mean age of 10.8 years. The patients commonly present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and signs of obstruction. The distal end of the bezoar may be in the jejunum, ileum or the colon. We evaluate the various cases reported and discuss the various modes of presentation of this uncommon syndrome, and also present a series of 3 cases, all females, aged 16, 18 and 21 years, and had a trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail extending into the ileum.

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