Patients with incurable, advanced abdominal or pelvic malignancy often present to acute
surgical departments with symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction. It is rare for bowel …

Aim Stercoral perforation is a rarely suspected life‐threatening condition. Early diagnosis is
difficult but essential. A comprehensive systematic review was performed to evaluate its …

Although large bowel obstruction (LBO) is less common than small bowel obstruction, it is
associated with high morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis and/or treatment …

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the CT findings of stercoral colitis (SC). METHODS Forty-
one patients diagnosed with SC between February 2006 and April 2015 were …

Stercoral colitis is a rare inflammatory condition involving the large bowel wall secondary to
fecal impaction. Stercoral colitis has a clinical course ranging from non-complicated fecaloid …

Purpose To describe and update stercoral colitis clinical risk factors, relative frequency,
location, and CT imaging features correlated with surgical and pathological results. Methods …

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Colonic perforation due to impacted faeces or faecaloma is a relatively uncommon
presentation with grave prognosis. If left untreated, it can be life threatening due to …

A stercoral perforation of the rectum due to a fecaloma is a rare disease with a high mortality
rate. Although multiple case reports of colonic perforations have been published, the data …

Stercoral perforation of the colon is a life threatening condition, due to pressure necrosis by
hard fecaloma which, are commonly found in chronic constipated patients. We report the …