Rare Presentation of Stercoral Ulcer Spontaneous Perforation Without Preceding Radiographic Evidence of Colonic Inflammation and Fecal Impaction

Stercoral ulcers are caused by persistent fecal impaction. A life-threatening consequence of stercoral ulcers is colonic perforation, which is rare. A high index of clinical suspicion should be held for patients with stercoral ulcer, as colonic perforation is a medical emergency, requiring immediate...

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Autores principales: Sanekommu, Harshavardhan, Morris, Andrea, Taj, Sobaan, Imburgio, Steven, Johal, Anmol S, Haq, ZakaUl, Saleh, Arif B, Shah, Pranav, Patel, Swapnil V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37012956
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35678

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