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Fecal Impaction
- See Also
- Constipation
- Definition
- Firm immovable stool in rectum or distal colon
- Risk factors
- Elderly
- Immobile patients
- Symptoms
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Frequent passage of small loose or liquid stools
- Results from leakage of stool around the impaction
- Signs
- Firm, immovable mass of stool on rectal exam
- Differential Diagnosis
- See Constipation Causes
- Management
- Disimpaction with rectal exam
- Warm water or saline lavage
- Instill by rectal tube or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Mineral Oil enema (or oral if no risk of aspiration)
- Dilatation of anus under general anesthesia
Fecal Impaction (C0015734)
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| Definition (MSH) | Formation of a firm impassable mass of stool in the RECTUM or distal COLON. |
| Concepts | Finding (T033)
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| ICD9 | 560.39 |
| English | COPROSTASIS, Faecal impaction, Faecal impaction of rectum, Fecal Impaction, Fecal impaction of rectum, Impacted faeces, Impacted feces, Impacted stool in rectum, IMPACTION FECAL |
| Spanish | impactación fecal del recto, impactacion fecal del recto |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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