Rapunzel syndrome is a rare presentation of a trichobezoar, with 24 cases having been reported in literature so far. This syndrome has been reported in 23 female and 1 male patient with a mean age of 10.8 years. The patients commonly present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and signs of obstruction. The distal end of the bezoar may be in the jejunum, ileum or the colon. We evaluate the various cases reported and discuss the various modes of presentation of this uncommon syndrome, and also present a series of 3 cases, all females, aged 16, 18 and 21 years, and had a trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail extending into the ileum.
Introduction: th In tongue carcinoma according to AJCC 8 guidelines depth of invasion is included in staging, therefore there is need of imaging which can accurately assess the pretreatment stage of tumor. The objective of this study was to correlate the depth of invasion reporting by MRI and postoperative HPR. Methods: In MRI DOI was measured by drawing perpendicular lines from the reference line to the point of maximal tumor projection in the tongue medially, histologically DOI was measured from the level of the basement membrane of the closest adjacent normal mucosa. Results: Paired t test was done on the DOI of MRI and HPR. The two tailed P value is less than 0.0001. This difference is considered to be extremely statistically signicant. The mean of group one (DOI-MRI) minus Group 2 (DOI-HPR) equals 6.860. 95% condence interval of this difference is from 5.200 to 8.520. Conclusion: In our study we nd there is statiscally signicant difference between DOI reports in MRI and postoperative HPR.
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