Obstrucción intestinal causada por tricobezoar: Síndrome de Rapunzel / Intestinal obstruction due to a tríchobezoar or Rapunzel Syndrome: report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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136(8): 1027-1030, ago. 2008. ilus
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with important weight loss, who deny hair eating. We report a 16 year-old female consulting in the emergency room for abdominal pain. She was subjected to an exploratory laparotomy and a big mass was palpated in the stomach. A gastrostomy and enterostomy were performed and a 17x6x5 cm trichobezoar was extracted. The patient had an uneventful postoperative outcome and was derived to Psychiatry.
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Main subject:
Stomach
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Bezoars
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Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Regional de Valdivia/CL
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Universidad Austral de Chile/CL
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