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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  4, Issue 1, January - June 2013, Pages 21-24
 

Case Report

A Rare Case of Rapunzel Syndrome with Double Impaction of Trichobezoar

Farhanul Huda, Deepak Sah

*Assistant Professor, Department Of Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Centre,Bagarpur, Moradabad (U.P.)- 244001 **Assistant Professor, Department Of Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Centre,Bagarpur, Mora

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Abstract

Bezoars are foreign bodies in the lumen of the digestive tract. If a foreign body comprises of hair, it is known as Trichobezoar. Rapunzel syndrome is an uncommon presentation of trichobezoar in which the swallowed hairs extend as a tail through the small intestine, beyond the stomach. Till now, cases of isolated bezoars in the bowel and those of Rapunzel syndrome have been reported but in the present case, there was double impaction of trichobezoar, one in the stomach and another in the ileum, which has rarely been reported in the literature.  

 

Keywords: Trichobezoar; Terminal ileum; Rapunzel syndrome. 


Corresponding Author : Farhanul Huda