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A huge gastric trichobezoar presenting with Rapunzel syndrome: A case report

Published:2023-09-06 Issue:1 Volume:57 Page:28-31
ISSN:1682-606X
Container-title:Formosan Journal of Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:Formos J Surg

Author:

Lohiya Makhan Lal¹,Chandawat Parikshit Singh¹^ORCID,Rangi Jay Prakash¹,Lal Mohan¹^ORCID,Kulhari Apeksha²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. MS (General Surgery), Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India

2. Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India

Abstract

Abstract Trichobezoars are gastrointestinal concretions of ingested hair. These are uncommon conditions that arise in emotionally disturbed or mentally impaired young women during childhood and adolescence. Rapunzel syndrome is rare gastric trichobezoar that extends beyond the pylorus, leading to an intestinal obstruction. Gastric trichobezoars do not manifest symptoms until they are very large. Here, we report a 16-year-old girl with a 5-year history of trichophagia and trichotillomania who suffered from a huge (30 × 7.5 × 6 cm) gastric trichobezoar extending into the duodenum (Rapunzel syndrome) that was successfully addressed by laparotomy, psychiatric treatment, and follow-up.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Surgery

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