2013
DOI: 10.1177/000313481307900219
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Idiopathic Sigmoid Megacolon with Fecal Impaction and Giant Calcified Fecaloma

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“…Los fecalomas pueden ser el origen de masas abdominales (7,8) y la causa de complicaciones urológicas por compresión de estructuras anatómicas (9). También se han descrito oclusiones intestinales o perforaciones estercoráceas, en ocasiones con un desenlace fatal (10,11,12).…”
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“…Los fecalomas pueden ser el origen de masas abdominales (7,8) y la causa de complicaciones urológicas por compresión de estructuras anatómicas (9). También se han descrito oclusiones intestinales o perforaciones estercoráceas, en ocasiones con un desenlace fatal (10,11,12).…”
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“…Fecaloma is a common manifestation of constipation, which, exceptionally, presents as an abdominal mass related to a giant fecal impaction [2] [3]. In these cases, it is a sign of severe and chronic bowel dysfunction.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In this report, disease history, colonic dilatation and absence of histological abnormality, were in favor of idiopathic megacolon. Although not congenital, the disease may present as chronic constipation evolving from childhood [2] [3].…”
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confidence: 99%
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