Abstract

Rapunzel syndrome is a rare disease. In this syndrome, hairs the person has eaten become tangled and trapped in their stomach and can cause symptoms such as gastric outlet obstruction, small intestine obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation of the gastrointestinal wall, abdominal mass, nausea and vomiting. A 46-year-old woman presented with generalized edema and abdominal pain. The patient was diagnosed with celiac disease several years ago on a gluten-free diet. In the experiments, the patient had low serum albumin and anemia. In transit of the small intestine, the patient had a dilated stomach and duodenum containing a mass, which was diagnosed by endoscopy and could not be extracted with an endoscope due to the large mass. As a result, the patient was referred to a surgeon and underwent laparotomy and the mass was extracted.