%0 Journal Article
%T Three Cases of Severe Stercoral Colitis
%A Kashio Toyoda
%A Keiichi Yokoyama
%A Tomohide Matsushima
%A Naoki Hashimoto
%A Yasuhide Kitazawa
%J Open Journal of Emergency Medicine
%P 82-87
%@ 2332-1814
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojem.2018.64010
%X Stercoral colitis is the inflammation of the colonic wall caused by fecal impaction. When a patient with a history of chronic constipation visits the Emergency Center with diffuse abdominal pain, sepsis and or rectal bleeding, clinicians should consider the possibility of stercoral colorectal perforation. An accurate diagn</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">osis on a computed tomography (CT) scan (for fecal impaction, intra-abdominal feces, intraperitoneal free air, stranding of the peri-colonic fat in the segment, presence of extraluminal bubbles of gas) may facilitate early surgical intervention and improve the patient¡¯s prognosis based on our clinical experience dealing with three patients who had stercoral colitis.
%K Stercoral Colitis
%K CT
%K and Hartman¡¯s Operation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=88867