Risa Kanai, Kengo Nakaya, Koji Fukumoto, Masaya Yamoto, Hiromu Miyake, Akiyoshi Nomura, Susumu Yamada, Akihiro Makino, Hideto Iwafuchi, Naoto Urushihara
A fecaloma is a mass of accumulated feces with a consistency much harder than that of a fecal impaction. It is most frequently observed in the rectum and sigmoid area, and associated complications include colonic obstruction, ulceration, bleeding, and perforation. A one-year-old, previously healthy boy with no history of chronic constipation was admitted because of vomiting and abdominal distension. An abdominal computed tomography scan showed small and large bowel distension due to multiple obstructive fecalomas in the transverse colon...
2021: Case Reports in Pediatrics