?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Rapunzel+Syndrome%3A+Trichobezoar+in+a+13+Years+Old+Girl&rft.creator=Krishnanand%2C+D&rft.creator=Chanchalani%2C+R&rft.creator=Dhruv%2C+K&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+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%3A+We+present+a+13+years+old+girl+with+Rapunzel+syndrome%2C+where+the+trichobezoar+was+not+suspected+at+all+especially+with+negative+history+of+trichophagia.+In+majority+of+the+cases+the+diagnosis+was+made+very+late+in+the+history+of+the+disease%2C+at+a+stage+where+surgery+is+the+only+cure+for+this+syndrome.+Conclusion%3A+A+trichobezoar+represents+a+serious+surgical+condition.+It+is+important+to+consider+such+diagnosis+in+face+of+suggestive+symptoms%2C+even+if+signs+of+trichotillomania+are+not+present.+The+discrepancies+between+the+prevalence+of+trichotillomania+and+trichobezoars+due+to+trichophagia+may+be+due+to+issues+related+to+self-selection+of+patients+and+symptom+severity.+Such+issues+may+also+be+important+in+the+study+of+impulsive-compulsive+spectrum+models+and+to+their+relevance+to+impulse+control+disorders&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9138%2F1%2F2013-1-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Krishnanand%2C+D+and+Chanchalani%2C+R+and+Dhruv%2C+K++(2013)+Rapunzel+Syndrome%3A+Trichobezoar+in+a+13+Years+Old+Girl.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9138%2F