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Colon Ascendens Stent Peritonitis (CASP) - a Standardized Model for Polymicrobial Abdominal Sepsis
Published on: December 18, 2010
[Stercoral rectosigmoid colonic perforation with fecal peritonitis]
Marijan Kolovrat1, Mislav Cavka, Vlatka Cavka
1University Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Croatia.
Abstract:
Chronic constipation can lead to fecal impaction and catastrophic complication such as colonic obstruction, perforation and fecal peritonitis. A case is reported of stercoral perforation of the rectosigmoid with pneumoperitoneum and fecal peritonitis. The patient was admitted for the signs of acute abdomen with pneumoperitoneum diagnosed on native radiological imaging.
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