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fecalith
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fecalith [′fek·ə‚lith]
(medicine)
A hardened piece of fecal matter formed in the intestine or vermiform appendix.


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Una vez resuelta la fístula, se intentó retirar el fecaloma localizado en colon y recto por la abertura rectal realizada en la primer cirugía, pero las dificultades presentadas indujeron a efectuar una laparotomía mediana post-umbilical y pre-púbica.
Abdominal films revealed a large fecaloma in the rectum with associated colonic and small bowel dilation (Fig.
In the former condition, a physical blockage causes obstruction of urine flow, commonly caused by benign prostatic hypertrophy, urogenital cancers, severe genitourinary prolapses, and fecalomas.
 
 
 
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