Volume 12, Number 9, 1612-1614, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0408-4

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Rapunzel Syndrome: A Case Report and Review

Catherine Western, S. Bokhari and S. Gould

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Abstract

We report a 14-year-old girl who presented with epigastric pain, vomiting, and an upper abdominal mass. A diagnosis of trichobezoar was made on ultrasound and she went on to have a laparotomy, where a large trichobezoar was extracted with a tail that extended into the small intestine.

Keywords  Rapunzel syndrome - Bezoar - Trichotillomania - Trichobezoars

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