ArticleCureus2023
A Rare Case of Rapunzel Syndrome Presenting with Perforation Peritonitis.
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- Foreign Body Ingestion in Children: From a Harmless Incident to a Life-Threatening Emergency.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Early detection strategies to prevent Rapunzel syndrome in low-resource settings.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- From trichophagia to trichobezoar: Rapunzel syndrome in a child - A case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Rapunzel syndrome with gastric perforation is an extremely rare presentation of trichobezoars of the stomach. Trichobezoars may vary greatly in presentation ranging from benign symptoms like vague abdominal pain and anorexia to grave complications like perforation peritonitis. A sincere evaluation of any underlying psychiatric illnesses, usually trichotillomania and trichophagia, holds the key to preventing recurrences in patients of trichobezoar. A 15-year-old adolescent female presented with signs and symptoms of enteric perforation with a history of trichotillomania and trichophagia. Exploratory laparotomy of the patient revealed anterior gastric perforation with a huge gastric trichobezoar that extended into the duodenum and jejunum, hence establishing the diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome.
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