TRICHOBEZOARS AS A CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTIONS - THE RAPUNZEL SYNDROME

Authors
SEKER B DILEK ON KARAAYVAZ M
Citation
B. Seker et al., TRICHOBEZOARS AS A CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTIONS - THE RAPUNZEL SYNDROME, Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica, 59(2), 1996, pp. 166-167
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015644
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
166 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5644(1996)59:2<166:TAACOG>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We report a trichobezoar extending from the stomach through the entire length of the small intestine to the caccum. A case history, of a 6-y ear-old girl with trichobezoar is described. She is tile ninth patient with Rapunzel syndrome in the literature. The epidemiology, clinical features, complications, treatment and literature are briefly reviewed .