Síndrome de Rapunzel. Reporte de un caso

• DOI: 10.52787/uofj8726
• Publication Date: 2021-05-20T22:21:46Z
• Authors: Vanessa Durán Bec...; Laura Tatiana Pad...; Jean Andre Pulido...; Luis Felipe Cabre...; Mauricio Pedraza ...; Sebastián Sánchez...; Erick Vinck Geerman; Tomás Arce
• Keywords: Exploratory laparotomy; Gold standard (test)

Bezoars are accumulations of non-digestible material in the gastrointestinal tract; classified according to that it is composed. They called trichobezoars those who formed by hair, and when extended gastric chamber Rapunzel syndrome. It presents mainly teenagers associated with psychiatric disorders. has different clinical manifestations upper endoscopy gold standard for its diagnosis. We present a case Syndrome an 18 years old patient was admitted due abdominal pain, emesis absence stools. The initial diagnosis difficult because intestinal obstruction. By this reason decided perform exploratory laparotomy where found trichobezoar which over pylorus. According literature, Laparotomy most successful procedure resolution disease.