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Revista Medica Herediana

Print version ISSN 1018-130X

Rev Med Hered vol.25 no.3 Lima July 2014

 

Fecaloma gigante

 

 

Giant fecaloma

 

 

Marco Antonio Ayala-García1,2, Daniel Tafoya3, Karina Itzel Martínez3

 

 

1 Departamento de Investigación del Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío, León. Guanajuato, México.

2 Servicio de Cirugía General del HGSZ No. 10 del IMSS Delegación Guanajuato. Guanajuato, México.

3 Hospital General de Irapuato de la Secretaria de Salud del Estado de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, México.

 

 

Varón de 23 años, quien acudió a urgencias con dolor abdominal, vómito y ausencia de evacuaciones de 15 días de evolución. A la exploración tenía distensión abdominal, matidez a la percusión y al tacto rectal “masa” de consistencia firme no móvil. Se realizó laparotomía, encontrándose dilatación del sigmoides ocupado por excremento de consistencia firme, con un volumen de 6 000 cm3. El resto del colon era normal y se encontraba vacío. Se resecó el sigmoides con la “masa” y se realizó colostomía del descendente y cierre distal (Figura 1). Diagnóstico: Enfermedad de Hirschsprung.

 

 

 

A 23-year old male patient attended the emergency room with abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation for 15 days. The physical examination revealed abdominal distention; dullness on percussion of the abdomen and a firm non-motile mass was felt on the rectal examination. A laparotomy was performed finding that the sigmoid colon was fully occupied by fecal material with a total volume of 6,000 cm3. The rest of the colon was normal and was empty of fecal material. A sigmoid resection was performed with colostomy of the descendent colon and distal closure. The diagnosis was Hirschsprung´s disease.

 

 

Correspondencia

Dr. Marco Antonio Ayala García

Correo electrónico: drmarcoayala@hotmail.com

 

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