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.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.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/955 | |
| 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 |