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Review
. 2006 Dec;27(12):1912-4.

Rapunzel syndrome

Ali H Al-Wadan  1 , Mohamed Al-Absi, Azan S Al-Saadi, Mohamed Abdoulgafour
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  • PMID: 17143376
Review

Rapunzel syndrome

Ali H Al-Wadan et al. Saudi Med J. 2006 Dec.

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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