Rapunzel syndrome presenting as biliary obstruction

Post Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) Presenting as Biliary Duct Obstruction

After adult liver transplantation (LT), post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is an uncommon but serious complication of immunosuppression (IMS) in presence of an acute or latent EBV infection. The clinical presentation of this disease is aspecific, and, after LT, it may mimic anastomotic bile duct stricture. We report the cases of 2 adult patients who developed, 3 months and 8 ye...

Neonatal Currarino's syndrome presenting as intestinal obstruction.

Rapunzel syndrome.

A trichobezoar may be confined to the stomach or unusually it may extend from stomach to the small intestine or beyond when it is labelled as Rapunzel syndrome. Bezoars are concretions in the gastrointestinal tract that increase in size by continuous accumulation of non-absorbable food or fibre. Most bezoars in children are trichobezoars from swallowed hair. Repunzal syndrome is an uncommon con...

Obstruction of Small Bowel Caused by Unconscious Trichotillomania: Rapunzel Syndrome

Rapunzel syndrome is a relatively rare condition in which swallowed hair masses extend to a point distal to the pylorus and cause intestinal problems. Although trichotillomania and trichophagia are secondary to psychiatric illnesses, these conditions tend to be concealed by caregivers in most pediatric cases. Rapunzel syndrome sometimes manifests as acute abdominal symptoms of unknown origin an...

Rapunzel syndrome