Have You Ever Suspected Stercoral Perforation?: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 103-106, 2015.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-156667
ABSTRACT
Diagnosis and management of abdominal pain in old age is considered a challenge to emergency physicians. Stercoral perforation is an infrequent event, which most commonly develops in old age. We report on a case of stercoral perforation in an elderly woman, which, to the best of our knowledge, is one of a few reported cases in the medical literature. A 74-year-old woman who presented at our emergency department complaining of lower abdominal pain was found to have a perforation of the colon. Examination revealed a stercoral perforation by fecaloma. She underwent Hartman's operation and colostomy. Stercoral perforation is rare; however, emergency physicians should consider this disease entity in elderly patients with abdominal pain.
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Main subject:
Peritonitis
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Colostomy
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Abdominal Pain
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Colon
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Diagnosis
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Emergencies
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Intestinal Perforation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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