Stercoral perforation of the sigmoid colon. A case report and brief review of the literature

Falidas, Evangelos and Mathioulakis, Stravos and Vlachos, Konstantinos and Archontovasilis, Fotios and Villias, Constantinos (2011) Stercoral perforation of the sigmoid colon. A case report and brief review of the literature. Il giornale di chirurgia, 32 (8/9). pp. 368-371. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Stercoral perforation of the colon due to fecaloma is a rare disease and less than 100 cases have been described in the literature. The disease mainly involves the rectosigmoid colon. The condition is correlated with longstanding decubitus, chronic constipation, abuse of laxatives and/or constipating agents (anticholinergics, neuroleptics, etc). We report a case of 82-year old woman who presented a covered colonic perforation due to fecaloma, related with a history of longstanding decubitus because of senile dementia, chronic constipation and use of anticholinergic drugs.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Colon - Stercoral perforation - Spontaneous perforation - Fecaloma
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	06 May 2016 13:07
Last Modified:	06 May 2016 13:07
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/7652

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