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KMID : 1038820150180030193
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Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
2015 Volume.18 No. 3 p.193 ~ p.196
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Ileal Fecaloma Presenting with Small Bowel Obstruction
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Yoo Ha-Yeong
Park Hye-Won
Chang Seong-Hwan
Bae Sun-Hwan
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Abstract
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A fecaloma refers to a mass of accumulated feces that is much harder than a mass associated with fecal impaction. Fecalomas are usually found in the rectosigmoid area. A 10-year-old male with chronic constipation was admitted because of increasing abdominal pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan and a simple abdominal x-ray revealed rapidly evolving mechanical obstruction in the small intestine. Most of the fecalomas are successfully treated by conservative methods such as laxatives, enemas and rectal evacuation. When conservative treatments have failed, surgical intervention may be needed. In this case, an emergency operation was performed and a 4×3×2.5cm fecaloma was found in the distal ileum. We thus report a case of ileal fecaloma inducing small bowel obstruction in a patient with chronic constipation, who required surgical intervention. When symptoms of acute small intestinal obstruction develop in a patient with chronic constipation, a fecaloma should be considered in differential diagnosis.
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KEYWORD
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Feces, Abdominal pain, Intestinal obstruction
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