Rapunzel syndrome - A case report

The gastric trichobezoars usually occur in young girls, often those with ps ychiatric disorders. Rarely these are known to extend from the stomach to t he small intestine as a tail, when they are termed the Rapunzel syndrome. U ntil 1997, only 10 such cases have been reported in the literature. We repo rt another case in which we could extract the trichobezoar by gastrotomy an d enterotomy. (Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94: 1970-1971. (C) 1999 by Am. Cell. of Gastroenterology).