Have You Ever Suspected Stercoral Perforation?: A Case Report.
- Author:
Young Shin CHO
1
;
Chang Hyuk JUNG
;
Hye Young JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea. emedhy@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intestinal perforation;
Colon;
Peritonitis
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Aged;
Colon;
Colostomy;
Diagnosis;
Emergencies;
Emergency Service, Hospital;
Female;
Humans;
Intestinal Perforation;
Peritonitis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2015;26(1):103-106
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
