Altonbary Ahmed Youssef, Bahgat Monir Hussein
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt.
J Transl Int Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;3(2):79-81. doi: 10.1515/jtim-2015-0008. Epub 2015 Jun 30.
Bezoars are concretions of human or vegetable fibers that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. Trichobezoars are common in patients with underlying psychiatric disorders who chew and swallow their own hair. Rapunzel syndrome is a rare form of gastric trichobezoar with a long tail extending into the small bowel. This syndrome was first described in 1968 by Vaughan . and since then till date just 64 cases have been described in the literature. We present the only documented case with Rapunzel syndrome in Egypt.
胃石是积聚在胃肠道内的人体或植物纤维凝结物。毛发胃石常见于患有潜在精神疾病且咀嚼并吞咽自己头发的患者。长发公主综合征是胃毛发胃石的一种罕见形式，其长尾延伸至小肠。该综合征于1968年由沃恩首次描述，从那时起至今，文献中仅报道了64例。我们报告了埃及唯一一例有记录的长发公主综合征病例。
