A Rare Cause of Abdominal Mass: Rapunzel Syndrome
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The cause of abdominal mass in a child with celiac disease: Rapunzel syndrome. A case report.
CONTEXT Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of gastric trichobezoar that develops through outstretching of the bezoar from the stomach to the intestine. CASE REPORT A 12-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with celiac disease six years earlier was brought to the department of pediatric gastroenterology because of abdominal distension. A palpable mass was detected. A trichobezoar that stretched ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1309-6621
DOI: 10.5799/jcei.328692