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Stercoral perforation of the sigmoid colon.
While there are less than 100 cases of stercoral perforation of the colon reported in the literature in English to date, we believe that the actual incidence would be higher than reported if accurate diagnostic criteria were employed. Maurer et al.1, in their study, defined the diagnostic criteria for stercoral perforation of the colon as follows: (1) a round or ovoid colonic perforation exceed...
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Stercoral perforation of the colon due to fecaloma is a rare disease and less than 100 cases have been described in the literature. The disease mainly involves the rectosigmoid colon. The condition is correlated with longstanding decubitus, chronic constipation, abuse of laxatives and/or constipating agents (anticholinergics, neuroleptics, etc). We report a case of 82-year old woman who present...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Gerontology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1873-9598
DOI: 10.1016/s1873-9598(09)70013-4