We read with interest the article reported by Ng et al. describing the case of a giant rectal faecaloma successfully treated with manual disimpaction.1 In this regard, we would like to offer our experience with another potentially lethal complication of colorectal faecaloma.

Stercoral perforation with peritonitis: a very rare complication of faecaloma impacting the sigmoid colon / Radicchi, Benedetta; Baldinu, Manuel; Casali, Lorenzo; Costi, Renato; Virgilio, Edoardo. - In: ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY. - ISSN 1445-1433. - 91:10(2021), pp. 2229-2230. [10.1111/ans.17149]

Stercoral perforation with peritonitis: a very rare complication of faecaloma impacting the sigmoid colon

Radicchi, Benedetta
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Baldinu, Manuel
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Casali, Lorenzo
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Costi, Renato
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Virgilio, Edoardo
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We read with interest the article reported by Ng et al. describing the case of a giant rectal faecaloma successfully treated with manual disimpaction.1 In this regard, we would like to offer our experience with another potentially lethal complication of colorectal faecaloma.
2021
Stercoral perforation with peritonitis: a very rare complication of faecaloma impacting the sigmoid colon / Radicchi, Benedetta; Baldinu, Manuel; Casali, Lorenzo; Costi, Renato; Virgilio, Edoardo. - In: ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY. - ISSN 1445-1433. - 91:10(2021), pp. 2229-2230. [10.1111/ans.17149]
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