ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2017
Rapunzel syndrome is not just a mere surgical problem: A case report and review of current management.
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- From trichophagia to trichobezoar: Rapunzel syndrome in a child - A case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Rapunzel Syndrome: Clinical, Diagnostic and Forensic Aspects in Related Deaths-A Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- An atypical death from Rapunzel syndrome: a case report.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2023Article
- Huge gastric trichobezoar caused by involuntary nocturnal trichophagia and trichotillomania in a female adolescent.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
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- Rapunzel syndrome causing partial gastric outlet obstruction requiring emergency laparotomy.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Rapunzel syndrome with cholangitis and pancreatitis - A rare case report.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2020Article
- Trichobezoar as a cause of pediatric acute small bowel obstruction.Clinical case reports · 2020Article
- Giant gastroduodenal trichobezoar: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2019Article
- Surgical treatment of gastric outlet obstruction from a large trichobezoar: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2019Article
- Rapunzel syndrome: a tail too long to tell!BMJ case reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Recurrent Rapunzel syndrome (RRS) is a rare clinical presentation with fewer than six cases reported in the PubMed literature. A report of RRS and literature review is presented. A 25-year-old female was admitted to hospital with a 4-wk history of epigastric pain and swelling. She had a known history of trichophagia with a previous admission for Rapunzel syndrome requiring a laparotomy nine years earlier, aged 16. Psychological treatment had been successfully achieved for nine years with outpatient hypnotherapy sessions only, but she defaulted on her last session due to stressors at home. The abdominal examination demonstrated an epigastric mass. Computer tomography scan revealed a large gastric bezoar and features of aspiration pneumonia. The patient underwent emergency open surgical laparotomy for removal as the bezoar could not be removed endoscopically. The bezoar was cast in a shape that mimicked the contours of the stomach and proximal small bowel, hence the diagnosis of RRS. The patient was seen by a psychiatrist and was commenced on Quetiapine before discharge. She continues to attend follow-up.
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