The cause of abdominal mass in a child with celiac disease: Rapunzel syndrome. A case report

ABSTRACT 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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	São Paulo Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Yeliz Çağan Appak, Duygu Ertan, Miray Karakoyun, Gonca Özyurt, Tunç Özdemir, Maşallah Baran
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Paulista de Medicina 2018-03-01
Subjects:	Celiac disease Abdomen Bezoars Trichotillomania Depression
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802018005003101&lng=en&tlng=en