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Stercoral Colitis in an Elderly Patient With Bipolar Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Stercoral colitis can develop rapidly and present atypically in elderly patients, particularly those with cognitive impairment and psychiatric illness, where nonspecific symptoms may delay diagnosis. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion, especially in socially vulnerable individuals where elder neglect, malnutrition, and poor ...
Shrestha N, Vij R, Luitel R.
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Safety Findings in Pediatric Patients During Long‐Term Treatment With Teduglutide for Short‐Bowel Syndrome–Associated Intestinal Failure: Pooled Analysis of 4 Clinical Studies

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1456-1465, September 2021., 2021
Background This analysis assessed combined safety data from 4 clinical studies of teduglutide in pediatric patients with short‐bowel syndrome–associated intestinal failure (SBS–IF). Methods Safety data from teduglutide‐treated patients in 4 clinical trials were pooled.
Susan Hill, Beth A. Carter, Valeria Cohran, Simon Horslen, Stuart S. Kaufman, Samuel A. Kocoshis, David F. Mercer, Russell J. Merritt, Mikko P. Pakarinen, Susan Protheroe, John F. Thompson, Charles P. B. Vanderpool, Robert S. Venick, Paul W. Wales, Sharon E. Smith, MinJung Yoon, Andrew A. Grimm   +16 more
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Idiopathic Abdominal Cocoon and Ileal Fecaloma: A Rare Combination Causing Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Elderly Male [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction commonly seen in adolescent girl or adults of young age group in tropics; however its occurrence in elderly male is rare. Moreover, fecaloma although described in setting of megacolon, it has not
Narendra Pandit, Laligen Awale, Sridhar Keerthi, Lokesh Shekher Jaiswal, Shailesh Adhikary   +4 more
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A case of colonic obstruction combined with ischemic colitis

AGING MEDICINE, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 58-60, March 2021., 2021
CT scan of the abdomen showing a large amount of feces in the anterior descending recto‐sigmoid colon with wall thickening (red arrow) and surrounding fat stranding (yellow arrow) suggestive of stercoral colitis.
Szemein Gan, Yee Kent Liew, Sohil Pothiawala   +2 more
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A Primary Care Approach to Constipation in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Advances in Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Constipation is a condition that is very prevalent and is reported in up to 40 percent of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Constipation in this patient population is most commonly secondary to neuromuscular abnormalities, immobility, suboptimal diet, and medication side effects. History taking is frequently limited in
Reshmi Mathew, Barrett O. Attarha, Govind Kallumkal, Morgan Cribbin, Christopher Izzo, Linda Edwards, Rafik Jacob, Rahman Shiri   +7 more
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Giant Fecaloma Causing Small Bowel Obstruction: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2015
Fecaloma is a mass of hardened feces being impacted mostly in rectum and sigmoid. The most common sites of the fecaloma is the sigmoid colon and the rectum.
Mosin Mushtaq, Mubashir Shah, Aijaz Malik, Khurshid Wani, Natasha Thakur, Fazl Parray   +5 more
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Colonoscopic Laxative Instillation for the Fecal-loaded Colon: A Case Series*

Journal of Coloproctology, 2023
Context Postoperative, critically ill, and elderly patients often have fecal loading or impaction. In a few such patients, disimpaction of fecalomas and colon cleansing are difficult. Bowel obstruction, megacolon, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, and gut
Suhas D. Wagle, Aneeta S. Wagle
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Recurrent Megacolon and Fecaloma in a Cat

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae
Background: The Megacolon is characterized by dilation and hypomotility of the large intestine which results in fecal retention, being common a chronic cause of constipation in cats, and usually idiopathic. The affected shows progressive and recurrent signs of constipation throughout months to years.
Pauline Silva dos Santos, Juliana Schmitz Bascherotto, Agatha Costa Malisnki, Vitória Santos Guimarães, Emanuel Caon, Gentil Ferreira Gonçalves, Tatiana Champion, Fabíola Dalmolin   +7 more
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Huge fecaloma in rectum ampulla resolved with conservative treatment using a carbonated soft drink.

, 2023
20.500.12530/87870Colonic impaction due to a fecaloma is a very frequent complication in patients with chronic constipation. Most cases respond to conservative measures such as digital disimpaction or treatment with oral laxatives and enemas. However, in
Quiñones Calvo, Marta, Canaval Zuleta, Héctor Julián, Raquel Gómez Perosanz, Marta Quiñones Calvo, Fernández Font, Juan Manuel, Héctor Julián Canaval Zuleta, Juan Manuel Fernández Font, Gómez Perosanz, Raquel   +7 more
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Foreign Body Ingestion Followed by Appendiceal Perforation

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Foreign body ingestion is very common among specific groups, especially children. However, appendicitis and perforated appendix caused by a foreign body is rare. Case summary. A 40‐year‐old female presented with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant of 10 days duration after accidentally ingesting a drilling bit during a dental ...
Sarah Qassim, Ali Lairy, Sami Asfar, Eric Bergeron   +3 more
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