title: Stercoraceous perforation of the pelvic colon--an unusual complication of pica.
abstract: A case of stercoraceous perforation of the bowel in a 31-year-old woman, an habitual paper eater, is reported. Treatment was by evacuation of the faecal mass through the enlarged perforation and direct closure of the perforation without proximal colostomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002400:Cathartics / Q000009:adverse effects; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics