Have You Ever Suspected Stercoral Perforation?: A Case ReportHave You Ever Suspected Stercoral Perforation?: A Case Report
- Other Titles
- Have You Ever Suspected Stercoral Perforation?: A Case Report
- Authors
- 조영신; 정창혁; 장혜영
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- 대한응급의학회
- Keywords
- Intestinal perforation; Colon; Peritonitis
- Citation
- 대한응급의학회지, v.26, no.1, pp.103 - 106
- Journal Title
- 대한응급의학회지
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 103
- End Page
- 106
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/11480
- ISSN
- 1226-4334
- Abstract
- Diagnosis and management of abdominal pain in old age is considered a challenge to emergency physicians. Stercoral perforation is an infrequent event, which most commonly develops in old age. We report on a case of stercoral perforation in an elderly woman, which, to the best of our knowledge, is one of a few reported cases in the medical literature.
A 74-year-old woman who presented at our emergency department complaining of lower abdominal pain was found to have a perforation of the colon. Examination revealed a stercoral perforation by fecaloma. She underwent Hartman’s operation and colostomy. Stercoral perforation is rare; however, emergency physicians should consider this disease entity in elderly patients with abdominal pain.
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