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Rapunzel syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare intestinal condition in humans resulting from eating hair (trichophagia). The syndrome is named after the long-haired girl Rapunzel in the fairy tale by th...
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Trichotillomania, Trichophagia, and Rapunzel Syndrome ... Case reports of children with trichobezoars or Rapunzel syndrome are sparse, and many link the trichophagia either to early childhood deprivation or abuse (7, 10, 21), psychiatric comorbid conditions (21, 22), or mental retardation (23, 24). While there are...
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Case reports of chilAm J Psychiatry 162:2, February 2005 dren with trichobezoars or Rapunzel syndrome are sparse, and many link the trichophagia either to early childhood deprivation or abuse (7, 10, 21), psychiatric comorbid conditions (21, 22), or mental retardation (23, 24). While there are case studies of...
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Rapunzel syndrome is a variant where hair accumulation reaches the small gut and beyond in some cases. Although the syndrome has been known for many years, ...
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We present a 7 years old girl with Rapunzel syndrome, where the trichobezoar was not suspected at all especially with negative history of trichophagia. In majority of the cases the diagnosis was made very late in the history of the disease, at a stage where surgery is the only cure for this syndrome.
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Doctors call the condition Rapunzel Syndrome, and it can be deadly if it is not diagnosed in time. ... By the way, for those of you who were wondering, Rapunzel Syndrome is named after the Brothers Grimm tale of a girl imprisoned in a tower. She used her long hair to fashion a rope ladder so her handsome prince could save her.
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D. The Rapunzel syndrome: rare manifestation of a trichobezoar in ... Rapunzel syndrome: A diagnosis overlooked. Acta Paediatr. 2007;96:135–138. ...
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Rapunzel syndrome. A case history of 6 years old boy is described. This is the twelfth patient with Rapunzel syndrome in the literature. ...
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Rapunzel syndrome. Rapunzel syndrome summary with 1 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... Rapunzel Syndrome (also known as Trichobezoar) is an extremely rare intestinal condition in humans resulting from the consumption of hair. It is named after the long-haired character Rapunzel in the fairy...
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BioInfoBank Library :: The Rapunzel syndrome (trichobezoar) causing gastric perforation in a child: a case report. Congenital lumbar (Grynfelt-Lesshaft) hernia. Comparison of the effects of surgical and autologous fascial suture materials on testicular histology in rats subjected to orchiopexy. ... The Rapunzel syndrome (RS),
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