Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018
Case report: Rapunzel syndrome with multiple gastric ulcers presenting as gastric outlet obstruction.
Anurag Mishra, Sandeep Yadav, Rana Ak Singh
Abstract :
Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual type of trichobezoar in which swallowed hairs are present into stomach with its tail
extending into small intestine. It may presents with abdominal lump, pain abdomen, nausea and vomiting, constipation or
diarrohea.
This was a case of an 18 years female having Rapunzel syndrome with multiple gastric ulcers presenting as gastric outlet obstruction. Patient was
managed by exploratory laparotomy with anterior gastrotomy and removal of trichobezoar.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Anurag Mishra, Sandeep Yadav, Rana AK Singh, Case report: Rapunzel syndrome with multiple gastric ulcers presenting as gastric outlet obstruction., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2018
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Anurag Mishra, Sandeep Yadav, Rana AK Singh, Case report: Rapunzel syndrome with multiple gastric ulcers presenting as gastric outlet obstruction., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2018
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