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Research Paper | Medical Surgical | India | Volume 6 Issue 11, November 2017
Double Gastric Trichobezoar - A Case Report
Sakshi Singhal [2] | Harshit Agarwal [3] | Siddharth Singh | SC Dutt
Abstract: Bezoars are concretion of human or vegetable fibers that accumulate in the gastro-intestinal tract. Most common type of bezoar in humans is trichobezoar and almost all patients with a trichobezoar suffer from trichotillomania. Multiple giant bezoars which totally fill the stomach lumen and have extension to small intestine (Rapunzel Syndrome) are very rare. This is a case report of a young female who had a history of trichotillomania, trichophagia and pica. After investigations, she was diagnosed as a case of double trichobezoar in stomach with distal one extending to duodenum.
Keywords: Abdominal mass, Trichobezoar, Rapunzel Syndrome
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 11, November 2017,
Pages: 88 - 90