Cecal fecolith: an unusual presentation of cecal septum.
A 5-year-old girl presented with a right iliac fossa mass. Radiological investigations suggested the diagnosis of calcified mass. During laparotomy a large fecolith was found trapped below an incomplete septum in the cecum. The pathogenesis of enteroliths and the embryology of this unusual bowel anomaly are discussed.
Department of Surgery, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Wales.
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Wong
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Noblett
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Aslam
D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery