Hair Mass Size Of Beer Mug Removed From 11-Year-Old Czech Girl's Stomach
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A Czech hospital said Tuesday its surgeons removed a mass of hair the size of a beer mug from the stomach of a girl who suffers from an extremely rare hair eating disorder.
A Czech hospital said Tuesday its surgeons removed a mass of hair the size of a beer mug from the stomach of a girl who suffers from an extremely rare hair eating disorder.
The 11-year-old has Rapunzel syndrome, a condition first reported in 1968 and of which only a few dozen cases have been documented worldwide.
It is named after a girl with very long hair from a tale by the Brothers Grimm, which had inspired the 2010 Disney blockbuster "Tangled".
"The disease is linked to so-called trichotillomania and trichophagia, which is hair pulling and eating," said Matus Peteja, head surgeon at the Silesian Hospital in the eastern Czech city of Opava.
