Rapunzel Syndrome - Trichobezoar in a 9 Year Old Girl: A Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
We here report a case of 9 years old girl presented in casualty with an acute abdomen and small bowel obstruction and on laprotomy a large trichobezoar was revealed extending into small intestine along with intussuception. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal trichobezoar. Trichobezoar, an underdiagnosed entity, has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and a nontender abdominal mass even in young children.
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Hemlata Kamra , Santosh L. Munde , Swaran Kaur , M. K. Garg , Deepak Singla
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