'Ball valve' small bowel obstruction caused by a large caecal faecolith.
Faecolith
Intestinal obstruction
Journal
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
ISSN: 1478-7083
Titre abrégé: Ann R Coll Surg Engl
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7506860
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
14
11
2020
medline:
20
2
2021
entrez:
13
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Small bowel obstruction is a common surgical presentation, but intestinal faecoliths are rarely reported as a cause. A 75-year-old woman presented with small bowel obstruction from a large faecolith lodged in the caecum. This required removal at laparoscopy-assisted surgery. This case highlights the need to deal promptly with symptomatic intestinal faecoliths as they are unlikely to pass spontaneously and are prone to cause acute obstruction.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33185474
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2020.7006
pmc: PMC9773893
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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