Fatal Stercoral Ulcer Perforation: Case Report
作者:
deJong Joyce,
Cohle Stephen,
Busse Fred,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 1
页码: 58-60
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1996
出版商: OVID
关键词: Stercoral perforation;Stercoraceous perforation;Constipation;Peritonitis;Mortality;Colonic perforation
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Stercoral ulcers result from severe, prolonged constipation. Stercoral ulcer perforation is a rare event resulting in severe peritonitis and has a very high associated mortality rate. We describe a 78-year-old man with severe constipation associated with stercoral ulcer perforation undiagnosed prior to autopsy.
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