Fecalith: Difference between revisions

[[Fecal impaction]] and attempts at removal can have severe and even lethal effects, such as the rupture of the colon wall by catheter or an acute angle of the fecaloma ([[stercoral perforation]]), followed by [[septicemia]]. A small fecalith is one cause of both [[appendicitis]] and acute [[diverticulitis]]. It may also lead to stercoral perforation, a condition characterized by bowel perforation due to pressure necrosis from a fecal mass (fecaloma).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kumar|first1=P|last2=Pearce|first2=O|last3=Higginson|first3=A|title=Imaging manifestations of faecal impaction and stercoral perforation.|journal=Clinical radiology|date=January 2011|volume=66|issue=1|pages=83-8|doi=10.1016/j.crad.2010.08.002|pmid=21147303}}</ref>