Giant fecaloma in a 12-year-old-boy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Fecaloma is a mass of feces accumulated that is much harder in consistency than a fecal impactation. The aim of this report is to give a brief review of this entity and discuss the treatment options for these cases. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 12-year-old boy who develope...

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Autores principales: Garisto, Juan D, Campillo, Luis, Edwards, Errol, Harbour, Mireya, Ermocilla, Rufino
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-127
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Fecaloma is a mass of feces accumulated that is much harder in consistency than a fecal impactation. The aim of this report is to give a brief review of this entity and discuss the treatment options for these cases. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 12-year-old boy who developed a fecaloma associated with chronic constipation. This is a rare case on a child which was treated by a sigmoid colectomy after failure of conservative measures of evacuation. CONCLUSION: Fecaloma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with history of chronic constipation and abdominal mass.

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