International Journal of Contemporary Surgery
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

A Giant Fecaloma Presenting as Abdominal Mass - A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Amandeep Singh1,, Darshan Singh Sidhu1, Nitin Nagpal1, Ashish Tyagi1, Haramritpal Kaur2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1 to 3

1Department of Surgery, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot

2Department of Anaesthesia, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot

*Corresponding author: Amandeep Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, GGS Medical college and Hospital, Faridkot. Punjab Phone Numbers: 00919876201644 E-mail: amandeep23march@gmail.com

Online published on 27 March, 2014.

Abstract

Fecaloma of the distal portion of the colon occurs rarely, but it should be considered in differential diagonosis of patients of mass abdomen with history of chronic constipation. The aim of this report is to give brief review of this entity and discuss the different treatment options available for the same.

Keywords

Fecaloma, Mass Abdomen, Chronic Constipation