BALASUBRAMANIAM VISWANATHAN
S M Hospital
Biography
Rapunzel syndrome is a vey rare form of trichobezoar found in young patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania and trichophagia consequently developing gastric bezoars followed by their extension into the intestines. The principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastric mass. In this case report, a complicated presentation of this syndrome in a young woman and its surgical management is documented.
Abstract
Abstract : RAPUNZEL SYNDROME – a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction in young adults.