1. [Intestinal obstruction due to a trichobezoar or Rapunzel syndrome: report of one case].
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Anzieta V J, Felmer E O, Gabrielli N M, Venturelli M F, Sánchez C G, and Torrijos C C
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- Adolescent, Bezoars complications, Bezoars surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gastric Outlet Obstruction etiology, Gastric Outlet Obstruction surgery, Hair, Humans, Trichotillomania complications, Bezoars diagnosis, Gastric Outlet Obstruction diagnosis, Stomach
- Abstract
Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with important weight loss, who deny hair eating. We report a 16 year-old female consulting in the emergency room for abdominal pain. She was subjected to an exploratory laparotomy and a big mass was palpated in the stomach. A gastrostomy and enterostomy were performed and a 17 x 6 x 5 cm trichobezoar was extracted. The patient had an uneventful postoperative outcome and was derived to Psychiatry.
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- 2008
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