BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Stercoral perforation of the colon is rare. Narcotics are well known to produce chronic constipation resulting in stercoral perforation, however, only one case of a heroin addict developing stercoral perforation has been reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We present a case of a 67 year-old man with chronic heroin use and stercoral perforation requiring sigmoidectomy and Hartmann's procedure. Computed tomography was performed prior to exploration. RESULTS: This is the first case of computed tomography findings, prior to laparotomy, that have been published for stercoral perforation.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Stercoral perforation of the colon is rare. Narcotics are well known to produce chronic constipation resulting in stercoral perforation, however, only one case of a heroin addict developing stercoral perforation has been reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We present a case of a 67 year-old man with chronic heroin use and stercoral perforation requiring sigmoidectomy and Hartmann's procedure. Computed tomography was performed prior to exploration. RESULTS: This is the first case of computed tomography findings, prior to laparotomy, that have been published for stercoral perforation.
Authors: Chellappa Vijayakumar; K Balagurunathan; Ravi Prabhu; Erabati Santosh Raja; Singh Amankumar; Raja Kalaiarasi; Swetha T Journal: Cureus Date: 2018-05-13
Authors: Sebastian Winklhofer; Eddie Surer; Garyfalia Ampanozi; Thomas Ruder; Paul Stolzmann; Marina Elliott; Andrea Oestreich; Thomas Kraemer; Michael Thali; Hatem Alkadhi; Wolf Schweitzer Journal: Eur Radiol Date: 2014-03-06 Impact factor: 5.315