PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Wadan, Ali H.
AU  - Al-Absi, Mohamed
AU  - Al-Saadi, Azan S.
AU  - Abdoulgafour, Mohamed
TI  - Rapunzel syndrome
DP  - 2006 Dec 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1912--1914
VI  - 27
IP  - 12
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/12/1912.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/12/1912.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2006 Dec 01; 27
AB  - An 18-year-old single female patient, presented with non specific gastrointestinal symptoms of anorexia, abdominal pain, and change in bowel habit. Clinically she was anemic, cachectic, and depressed. Abdominal examination revealed mobile epigastric mass. The scalp alopecia and endoscopy coupled by computed tomography scan, confirmed the diagnoses of trichobezoar, but it was not diagnosed as Rapunzel syndrome except after laparotomy, gastrotomy, and enterotomy. There are less than 16 cases of Rapunzel syndrome described worldwide, and this is the first case to be described in the middle east.