Duodenal diastatic perforation due to double gastric and jejunal trichobezoar in a patient with Rapunzel syndrome.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 115(4): 222-223, 2023 04.
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| ID: mdl-36645070
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare clinical entity in which a trichobezoar is produced by the ingestion of hair at the gastric level, extending in the form of a tail towards the duodenum. It occurs in young patients with trichotillomania and trichophagia. We present the case of a 24-year-old woman with a history of anxiety without treatment, who for 10 years presented trichotillomania and trichophagia, producing a picture of intestinal obstruction that required surgical intervention, evidencing a giant Trichobezoar throughout the gastric cavity and one jejunum associated with diastatic perforation. duodenal.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Peptic Ulcer Perforation
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Trichotillomania
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Bezoars
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Duodenal Ulcer
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
Journal subject:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Year:
2023
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Article
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