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

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