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Intestinal Trichobezoard (Rapunzel Syndrome) Secondary to Wool Ingestion: A Case Report

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  • Mounir Bouali

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

  • Abdelhak Ettaoussi

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

  • Abdelillah El Bakouri

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

  • Fatimazahra Bensardi

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

  • Khalid El Hattabi

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

  • Abdelaziz Fadil

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco)

Abstract

Gastrointestinal trichobezoar is a rare syndrome, defined by the accumulation inside the digestive tract of non-digestible material usually formed by hair rarely by textile fibers (wool of carpets or clothes), and source of many diagnostic and therapeutic errors and delays in the absence of evocative psychic context. We report the case of a 15-year-old adolescent with a history of carpet wool ingestion, who presented to the visceral emergency department with an occlusive syndrome, evolving since 4 days of his admission with alteration of his general state. Abdominal examination found a painful abdominal meteorism with no clinically palpable mass. The abdominal scan showed a distension of small intestine, suggesting an intestinal invagination. The surgical intervention was an extraction of a trichobezoard (wool from carpets) by the anal way.

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  • Mounir Bouali & Abdelhak Ettaoussi & Abdelillah El Bakouri & Fatimazahra Bensardi & Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil, 2023. "Intestinal Trichobezoard (Rapunzel Syndrome) Secondary to Wool Ingestion: A Case Report," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 5(1), pages 3-5, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:5:y:2023:i:1:id:41505
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2023.5.1.1505
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