Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

A fecaloma is a rare complication of chronic constipation that is more commonly seen in elderly individuals with chronic neuropsychiatric disorders. We present the case of a 79-year-old patient with Parkinson’s disease with refractory constipation due to a large fecaloma mass in the sigmoid colon, w...

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Autor principal: Alkhiari, Resheed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790016
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44523
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description A fecaloma is a rare complication of chronic constipation that is more commonly seen in elderly individuals with chronic neuropsychiatric disorders. We present the case of a 79-year-old patient with Parkinson’s disease with refractory constipation due to a large fecaloma mass in the sigmoid colon, which is a rare sequela of poorly managed chronic constipation. The current report highlights the importance of aggressive medical therapy for chronic constipation in this group of patients to prevent life-threatening complications.
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spelling pubmed-105446282023-10-03 Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease Alkhiari, Resheed Cureus Internal Medicine A fecaloma is a rare complication of chronic constipation that is more commonly seen in elderly individuals with chronic neuropsychiatric disorders. We present the case of a 79-year-old patient with Parkinson’s disease with refractory constipation due to a large fecaloma mass in the sigmoid colon, which is a rare sequela of poorly managed chronic constipation. The current report highlights the importance of aggressive medical therapy for chronic constipation in this group of patients to prevent life-threatening complications. Cureus 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10544628/ /pubmed/37790016 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44523 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alkhiari et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title_full Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title_fullStr Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title_short Large Sigmoid Fecaloma: A Rare Case of a Common Condition in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
title_sort large sigmoid fecaloma: a rare case of a common condition in patients with parkinson’s disease
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790016
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44523
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