Trichobezoar masquerading as massive splenomegaly: Rapunzel’s syndrome revisited

• Main Authors: Zhi, Alex Yang Koh, Larry Ellee Nyanti, Lim, Sheri, Tien, Loong Luk, Sing, Andy Ong Tang, Tze, Shin Leong, Lee, Ping Chew
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: RC581-951 Specialties of internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33542/1/Trichobezoar%20masquerading%20as%20massive%20splenomegaly_%20Rapunzel%E2%80%99s%20syndrome%20revisited.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33542/2/Trichobezoar%20masquerading%20as%20massive%20splenomegaly_%20Rapunzel%E2%80%99s%20syndrome%20revisited%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33542/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332200276X?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.03.097

Trichobezoars are usually formed due to ingestion of hair or hair-like fibres and present with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. We report a case of Rapunzel’s syndrome associated with trichotillomania in a 16-year-old girl who presented to our Haematology unit with complaints of fatigue,...