Rapunzel Syndrome

dc.contributor.author	Algadi, Zainab Abdulmonsef
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-25T09:06:28Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-25T09:06:28Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/955
dc.description	It is a rare form of trichobezoar, which is composed of hair .Gastric churning mats the hair into a ball, eventually forming a cast of stomach, the extension of bezoar through the pylorus into jejunum, ileum and even up to the colon. Such a condition is called the Rapunzel syndrome. The term comes from a story written by the Grimm brothers in 1812 about Rapunzel who was a long-haired maiden.(1) Is often associated with psychiatric condition “Trichotillomania , Trichophagia”. It is present with anemia, abdominal pain, hematemesis, nausea, vomiting, bowel obstruction, gastric ulcers, perforation, gastrointestinal bleeding, acute pancreatitis, and obstructive jaundice.(	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/	*
dc.title	Rapunzel Syndrome	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Eating Hair Can Kill You	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US

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