Rapunzel syndrome; Report of two cases
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Paediatrics and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of trichobezoar with less than 50 cases have been reported in literature so far of which only four cases reported in male child Bezoars are concretions in the gastrointestinal tract that increase in size by continuous accumulation of nonabsorbable food or fibers Patient commonly present with abdominal pain vomiting and signs of obstruction We are reporting a series of two cases one boy and one girl child of Rapunzel syndrome with one presented at age of five yearKeywords Trichobezoar Rapunzel syndrome Broken family Psychiatric pathology Male child Surgery
Authors and Affiliations
Praveen Jhanwar, Komal Inani Jhanwar
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