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- who: Rapunzel syndrome and collaborators from the Andhra Pradesh, India have published the research: Rapunzel Syndrome: A Case of Trichobezoar with Small Bowel Complications, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of June/29,/2022
SUMMARY
Rapunzel syndrome is characterized by a large trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail extending beyond the pylorus into the small bowel, causing mechanical obstruction of the small bowel. Computed tomography suggested trichobezoar causing jejuno-jejunal intussusceptions, bowel wall thickening, and dilated small bowel loops proximal to the obstruction. Primary repair was done at the DJ perforation site, and resection . . .
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