CT appearances of the Rapunzel syndrome: An unusual form of bezoar and gastrointestinal obstruction

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 315-316

  West, Wayne M ^a   Duncan, Newton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPUNZEL SYNDROME; TRICHOBEZOAR;

BEZOARS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031921132     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050362     Document Type: Article

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