[Diagnostic image (139). An intellectually disabled man with a distended abdomen. Coprostasis in a mentally disabled patient].
A 41-year-old intellectually disabled man was admitted because of a distended abdomen and diminished defecation frequency. Abdominal radiography indicated free intraperitoneal gas but CT showed coprostasis.
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Ziekenhuis Hilversum, afd. Chirurgie, Van Riebeeckweg 212, 1213 XZ Hilversum. aachi4037@zhh.nl
Bradshaw
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed