A bezoar is a mass of undigested material within the gastrointestinal tract. The term bezoar
derives from the Arabic word Badzehr, which means antidote [1]. Bezoars were used as antidotes
against plague, snake-bite, leprosy, and epilepsy by physicians from 12th to 18th century [2],
Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual presentation of a trichobezoar, with female predominance and a
mean age of 10.8 years. The patients commonly present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting
and signs of obstruction. The distal end of the bezoar may be in the jejunum, ileum or the colon.
Here, we report a 23-year-old college student, of this uncommon syndrome, who had a
trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail extending into the ileum,we also describe a case of a
young female with a giant gastric trichobezoar that weighed 1230 grams and a small intestinal
trichobezoar (375 g).
Keywords:
Trichobezoar, Rapunzel syndrome, intestinal
obstruction,

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