Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report
Fecal impaction occurs because of hardened fecal matter retained in the colorectum which cannot be evacuated by peristaltic activity. Fecal impaction commonly occurs among nursing home residents, patients with neurological deficit, psychiatric disease or renal failure. Fecal impaction is usually tre...
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| author | Osman Erdoğan Zafer Teke Murat Aba İsmail Cem Eray |
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| description | Fecal impaction occurs because of hardened fecal matter retained in the colorectum which cannot be evacuated by peristaltic activity. Fecal impaction commonly occurs among nursing home residents, patients with neurological deficit, psychiatric disease or renal failure. Fecal impaction is usually treated by manual disimpaction, enemas and laxatives. Laparotomy is required only in the presence of complications. We herein report a case of a massive fecal impaction with megarectum in a 62-year-old woman who presented with large bowel obstruction. The aim of this report is to give a brief review of this entity and discuss the treatment options for these cases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bdf25cd7637470f8e8ceef4936d42ee2023-02-15T16:19:49ZengKARE PublishingSouthern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia2587-09982020-10-0131328929410.14744/scie.2019.96720SCIE-96720Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case ReportOsman Erdoğan0Zafer Teke1Murat Aba2İsmail Cem Eray3Department of Surgical Oncology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, TurkeyDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, TurkeyFecal impaction occurs because of hardened fecal matter retained in the colorectum which cannot be evacuated by peristaltic activity. Fecal impaction commonly occurs among nursing home residents, patients with neurological deficit, psychiatric disease or renal failure. Fecal impaction is usually treated by manual disimpaction, enemas and laxatives. Laparotomy is required only in the presence of complications. We herein report a case of a massive fecal impaction with megarectum in a 62-year-old woman who presented with large bowel obstruction. The aim of this report is to give a brief review of this entity and discuss the treatment options for these cases.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=scie&un=SCIE-96720constipationfecal impaction; megarectum; mechanical bowel obstruction. |
| spellingShingle | Osman Erdoğan Zafer Teke Murat Aba İsmail Cem Eray Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia constipation fecal impaction; megarectum; mechanical bowel obstruction. |
| title | Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report |
| title_full | Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report |
| title_short | Massive Fecal Impaction with Megarectum Formation: A Case Report |
| title_sort | massive fecal impaction with megarectum formation a case report |
| topic | constipation fecal impaction; megarectum; mechanical bowel obstruction. |
| url | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=scie&un=SCIE-96720 |
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