Rapunzel Syndrome

Its characteristics include:

The body of a Trichobezoar located in the Stomach , and its tail in the small Bowel and/or in the right Colon

Small or large bowel obstruction

Occurring in psychiatric patients

Trichotillomania

At least fourteen cases have been reported in the pediatric age group.

TREATMENT

As the human Gastrointestinal Tract is unable to digest human hairs, the trichobezoar usually has to be treated surgically.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Sattar Memon, Parkash Mandhan, Javed Qureshi, Asif Shairani: ''Recurrent Rapunzel syndrome – a case report''

S. T. Hirugade, M. C. Talpallikar, A. V. Deshpande, J. S. Gavali, S. S. Borwankar: ''Rapunzel syndrome with a long tail''

N. D. Duncan, R. Aitken, S. Venugopal, W. West, R. Carpenter: ''The Rapunzel syndrome. Report of a case and review of the literature''

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Rapunzel Syndrome