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Pediatr Dev Pathol
January 2025
Département d'Anatomie et Cytologie pathologiques, Hôpital Menzel Bourguiba, Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia.
The patients with Arthrogryposis-Renal dysfunction-Cholestasis (ARC) syndrome have genetic susceptibility to the opportunistic infections due to the involvement of VPS33B (vacuolar protein sorting 33 homolog B) in phagolysosome fusion in macrophages. Detailed pathologic studies in ARC patients are missing in literature due to the lack of autopsy. We described the first autopsy case of ARC syndrome in a 2-month-old male infant.
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January 2025
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Lukang Christian Hospital, Changhua 505002, Taiwan.
Background: Gastric bezoars are indigestible masses that can lead to gastrointestinal obstruction and ulceration. Standard treatments include endoscopic mechanical lithotripsy with a polypectomy snare and Coca-Cola dissolution therapy or a combination of both approaches. However, giant bezoars frequently require multiple treatment sessions and extended hospital stays.
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January 2025
Department of Pathology, Health Plus Diagnostics, Gorakhpur, India.
Introduction And Importance: Rapunzel syndrome is a rare condition that results from trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) and trichophagia (hair eating), causing a trichobezoar (hairball) to form This syndrome typically affects young females with psychiatric conditions and presents with symptoms like chronic abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and malnutrition. The condition is often diagnosed late, leading to serious gastrointestinal complications.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old female from a rural community presented with chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, and nutritional deficiencies, including scaly skin and koilonychia.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Introduction And Importance: Trichobezor is a mass of accumulated ingested hair in the gastric lumen. Rapunzel syndrome is an extension of these bezoars beyond the pylorus. The formation of trichobezoar is invariably linked to trichotillomania and trichophagia.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanti Children Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Introduction: Colonic bezoars are undigested or partially digested materials that accumulate in the form of a mass in the colon. There are occasional reports of constipation and intestinal obstruction due to geophagia or pica. Bezoars are due to pica, which is commonly associated with iron deficiency anemia and psychiatry disorders.
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