title: Constipation of prolonged duration.
abstract: A case is reported of a 19-year old man who went periods of four and a half and four months without a bowel movement and who experienced no distress throughout these periods except for late appearing abdominal cramps.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003248:Constipation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors