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When anorexia nervosa complicates: Bezoar and gastroduodenal obstruction.
Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed)
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Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Spain.
A case of Rapunzel syndrome.
J Visc Surg
February 2024
CHR Metz-Thionville, Hospital of Mercy, 1, allée du Château, 57245 Ars-Laquenexy, France.
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a trichobezoar in the gastroduodenal tract caused by trichophagia. Diagnosis was confirmed by upper endoscopy and treatment was surgical.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndoscopic administration of Coca-Cola for medical management of a wedged intestinal trichobezoar in a cat.
Can Vet J
August 2023
VCA Canada Alta Vista Animal Hospital, 2616 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1T 1M9 (Wilson, Dobbins, Parambeth); Pulse Veterinary Specialists & Emergency, 450 Ordze Road #320, Sherwood Park, Alberta T8B 0C5 (Kawalilak, Parambeth).
A 16-year-old, neutered male domestic longhair feline with gastroduodenal and jejunal trichobezoars was treated with administration of Coca-Cola through endoscopic injection catheter. Examination with a Karl Storz endoscope identified a trichobezoar causing suspected partial or early complete obstruction of the jejunum; however, the length of the scope was inadequate to retrieve the trichobezoar. Consequently, 55 mL of Coca-Cola and 5 mL of iohexol were instilled into an injection catheter to disrupt the trichobezoar.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Rapunzel syndrome in a child with trisomy 21: a case report].
Pan Afr Med J
February 2023
Service de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Tanger, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tétouan, Maroc.
Trichobezoard is a rare condition characterized by a gastric mass composed of hair or fibers due to a compulsive attitude (trichotillomania) and an eating disorder (trichophagia). Gastric trichobezoar is the most common form and may extend into the small bowel, sometimes reaching the last ileal loop, or even the transverse colon, resulting in Rapunzel syndrome. We here report a case of gastroduodenal and small intestine trichoboozoar in a 6-year-old girl with facies of trisomy, presenting with recurrent abdominal pain lasting for one months and suspected gastrointestinal lymphoma.
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