Surgeons Remove a 280g Hairball From a Girl Who Has Rapunzel Syndrome, a Rare Condition
An Unusual and Difficult Medical Case A little girl with Rapunzel syndrome, a rare disorder in which people obsessively consume their own hair (trichophagia), resulting in the production of huge hairballs (trichobezoars) inside the stomach, was the subject of a complicated and unusual case that doctors recently handled. In this instance, an incredible 280-gram hairball […]