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Massive Hair Lump Removed From Girls Stomach
Tests demonstrated that the girl was suffering from a rare disorder called Rapunzel syndrome, where an individual pulls ones hair out and then eata it. This condition normally occurs in girls during teenage years.
The patient came to us with pain in upper abdomen, vomiting and was unable to eat anything. We investigated her, got a CT scan and endoscopy done. The diagnosis revealed that the patient had a big ball of hair in the stomach, giving impression of hard lump," said pediatrician Samir Brahmbhat.
The doctors decided to operate and found a massive lump of hair in the girl's stomach. She had to be operated as she had not eaten anything due to the lump and had turned anaemic. She was administered two units of blood and later we removed a lump of hair weighing one kg from her stomach," said surgeon Dr. I V Shah.
Doctors are now considering counseling the girl to avoid recurrence of this issue.
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06/15/2009
Like the Rapunzel syndrome - I had one 30 year old lady in my clinic who loved eating chalk. She was so addicted that she would buy box fulls from India and carry it to another country where she lived. Wonder if this has a name.
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