Rapunzel Syndrome: Trichobezoar in a 15-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT

Rapunzel syndrome is a type of trichobezoar, a very rare to find in clinical settings, wherein the hairball tail extends in small bowel. Patient may present with varying signs ranging from vague abdominal pain to signs of intestinal obstruction. This case describes averagely built, averagely nourished young female of 15 years of age, no e/o anemia, jaundice, lymphadenopathy; per abdominal examination revealed an elliptical lump in epigastric region extending to umbilical region, lump was not freely mobile and non-tender. Early gastroscopy is indicated in patients with long history of vague abdominal pain, weight loss and hair loss in young females.