Citation

Al-Wadan AH, Al-Absi M, Al-Saadi AS, Abdoulgafour M. Saudi Med. J. 2006; 27(12): 1912-1914.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Sana'a University, Yemen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Riyadh Al-Kharj Hospital Programme)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17143376

Abstract

An 18-year-old single female patient, presented with non specific gastrointestinal symptoms of anorexia, abdominal pain, and change in bowel habit. Clinically she was anemic, cachectic, and depressed. Abdominal examination revealed mobile epigastric mass. The scalp alopecia and endoscopy coupled by computed tomography scan, confirmed the diagnoses of trichobezoar, but it was not diagnosed as Rapunzel syndrome except after laparotomy, gastrotomy, and enterotomy. There are less than 16 cases of Rapunzel syndrome described worldwide, and this is the first case to be described in the middle east.

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