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SAS Journal of Surgery | Volume-7 | Issue-08
Giant Fecaloma Causing Intestinal Obstruction and Urinary Retention: Rare Case Report
Alae Eddine El Aissaoui, Manar Ghani, Hajar Bennani, Tarik Souiki, Karim Ibn Majdoub, Imane Toughrai, Khalid Mazaz, El Bachir Benjelloun
Published: Aug. 6, 2021 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2021.v07i08.003
Pages: 415-418
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Abstract
Fecaloma is a mass of hardened feces impacted mostly in left colon and rectum. Several causes of fecalomas have been described in literature, of which chronic constipation. It is a common pathology in elderly patients. The non-specific clinical signs, harmless, sometimes misleading, are at the origin of long evolutions which can lead to real life-threatening situations [1]. We herein report the case of a 61-year-old patient who presents a giant fecaloma located in the sigmoid colon and rectum, associated to urinary retention.