Rare but life-threatening complication of fecalith

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jul 10:2018:bcr2018226174. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226174.

Authors

Danny Mou¹, Rachel Atkinson¹, Monica Valero¹, Nelya Melnitchouk¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: endoscopy; gastrointestinal surgery; general surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Aged
Colectomy
Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Colonic Diseases / etiology*
Colonic Diseases / pathology
Colonic Diseases / surgery
Computed Tomography Angiography
Fecal Impaction / complications*
Fecal Impaction / diagnostic imaging*
Fecal Impaction / pathology
Fecal Impaction / surgery
Female
Fluid Therapy
Humans
Ileostomy
Laparotomy
Nausea
Necrosis / diagnostic imaging*
Necrosis / etiology*
Necrosis / pathology
Necrosis / surgery
Peritoneal Lavage
Treatment Outcome
Vomiting