Citation

Balik E, Ulman I, Taneli C, Demircan M. Eur. J. Pediatr. Surg. 1993; 3(3): 171-173.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2008-1063536

PMID

8353119

Abstract

The Rapunzel syndrome, found characteristically in girls with varying gastrointestinal symptoms, is a rare form of gastric trichobezoar extending throughout the bowel. The previously reported cases have different clinical and pathological features affecting the mortality. We describe a new case preoperatively diagnosed with none of the complications previously reported.

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