Rapunzel Syndrome in a Seven-Year-Old Girl

'Rapunzel syndrome' trichobezoar in a 7-year-old girl: a case report

BACKGROUND Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague ranging from abdominal mass to gastrointestinal symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION We present a 7 years old girl with Rapunzel syndrome, where the trichobezoar was not suspected at all especially with negative history of trichophagia. In majorit...

Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report

We here report a case of 9 years old girl presented in casualty with an acute abdomen and small bowel obstruction and on laprotomy a large trichobezoar was revealed extending into small intestine along with intussuception. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal trichobezoar. Trichobezoar, an underdiagnosed entity, has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain a...

Acquired universal melanosis (Carbon baby syndrome) in a 4-year old girl

Universal acquired melanosis is a rare cause of diffuse hyperpigmentation of skin and mucosa during childhood. There are only few reported case of this scarce syndrome in medical literature. We report the first case of universal acquires melanosis from Iran in a 4-year-old girl whose skin becomes darker after 2-month of age.

Mediterranean Stomatocytosis/macrothrombocytopenia in A 9-Year-Old Girl

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) in a 15 year-old girl

We present a 15 year-old girl who was admitted to our Department in January 2008 with a four-week history of headache, arthralgias, myalgias, sore troath and angioedema. Laboratory test revealed significant leucocytosis (76 × 10ex9/L with 88% eosinophils), thrombocytosis (758 × 10ex9/L), elevated ESR (82 mm/h) and IgE 348.3 (n.v. < 114 g/L), and hypergamaglobulinemia. Extensive allergologic, im...