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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 66 No. 2, 2012.

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STERCORAL RECTOSIGMOID COLONIC PERFORATION WITH FECAL PERITONITIS

MARIJAN KOLOVRAT ; University Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
MISLAV ČAVKA ; Clinical Department of Radiology, Dubrava University Hospital,Zagreb, Croatia
VLATKA ČAVKA ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
ŽELJKO BUŠIĆ ; University Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
DOMAGOJ LEMAC ; University Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
ZVONIMIR LOVRIĆ ; University Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
NJEGOSLAV BUŠIĆ ; Split University Hospital Center, Split, Croatia

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Abstract

Chronic constipation can lead to fecal impaction and catastrophic complication such as colonic obstruction, perforation and fecal peritonitis. A case is reported of stercoral perforation of the rectosigmoid with pneumoperitoneum and fecal peritonitis. The patient was admitted for the signs of acute abdomen with pneumoperitoneum diagnosed on native radiological imaging.

Keywords

stercoral perforation; peritonitis; constipation; fecal impaction peritonitis; constipation; fecal impaction

Hrčak ID:

97237

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/97237

Publication date:

14.2.2013.

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