title: Ureteral obstruction due to massive fecal impaction.
abstract: Large fecal impactions are capable of causing complete urinary tract obstruction, which is reversible with evacuation of the offending stools. We have reported such a case in a 74-year-old woman.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*