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.
Wong
C K
CK
Department of Surgery, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Wales.
Noblett
H R
HR
Aslam
A
A
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