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...

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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
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802018005003101&lng=en&tlng=en