Abstract

Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with important weight loss, who deny hair eating. We report a 16 year-old female consulting in the emergency room for abdominal pain. She was subjected to an exploratory laparotomy and a big mass was palpated in the stomach. A gastrostomy and enterostomy were performed and a 17 x 6 x 5 cm trichobezoar was extracted. The patient had an uneventful postoperative outcome and was derived to Psychiatry.

Highlights

  • Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion

  • Los bezoares son colecciones de material extraño indigerible, acumulables en cualquier segmento del tracto gastrointestinal, de preferencia en estómago[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

  • En esta paciente se presentó como una obstrucción intestinal, lo que llevó a una laparotomía exploradora, siendo el Rapunzel un hallazgo quirúrgico con exitosa resolución

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Introduction

Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with important weight loss, who deny hair eating. Los tricobezoares corresponden a bezoares compuestos por pelos. Consideramos de interés comunicar el caso de una adolescente con un tricobezoar gastroyeyunal tipo Rapunzel asociado a obstrucción intestinal, resuelto quirúrgicamente, por su rara ocurrencia, su potencial gravedad, pudiendo llegar a ser fatal y constituir una emergencia quirúrgica.

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