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Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome

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Summary
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77% Informative

A 16-year-old girl from Massachusetts had unexplained bouts of stomach pain for a month .

A CT scan showed nothing unusual in her innards, and her urine and blood tests were normal.

She was discharged home with instructions to take painkillers, a medication for peptic ulcers, and another to prevent nausea and vomiting.

Her pain worsened, and something was clearly wrong.

VR Score

80

Informative language

80

Neutral language

60

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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