| Fecaloma Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | K38.1 |
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| ICD-9 | 560.39 |
A fecaloma (meaning a tumor made of feces, also called fecalith and coprolith, i. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings K00-K93 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K14 Diseases of oral cavity salivary glands and jaws ( Disorders of Tooth development and Eruption The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the Anus e. , stones made of feces) is a hardening of feces into stones of varying size inside the colon, which may appear whenever chronic obstruction of transit occurs, such as in megacolon and chronic constipation. The colon is a storage tube for solid wastes The main function of the colon appears to be extraction of Water and salts from Feces. Megacolon is an abnormal dilatation of the colon (a part of the large Intestines that is not caused by mechanical obstruction Constipation, costiveness, or irregularity, is a condition of the Digestive system in which a person (or animal experiences hard Feces that Some diseases, such as Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's disease and others provoke the destruction of the autonomic nervous system inside the colon's mucosa (Auerbach's plexus) and may cause extremely large (giant) fecalomas, which must be surgically removed (disimpaction). Chagas disease (doença de Chagas enfermedad de Chagas mal de Chagas in both languages also called American trypanosomiasis) is a tropical Parasitic Hirschsprung's disease, or congenital aganglionic megacolon, involves an enlargement of the colon, caused by Bowel obstruction resulting &trade The autonomic nervous system ( ANS) (or visceral nervous system) is the part of the Peripheral nervous system that acts as a Control The mucous membranes (or mucosae; singular mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin covered in Epithelium, which are involved in Part of the Enteric nervous system, Auerbach's Plexus (or myenteric plexus) exists between the longitudinal and circular layers of Muscularis externa Normally, however, fecalomas can be manually disimpacted or by passing colonic tubes (catheters which carry a flow of disimpaction fluid (solvent). In Medicine a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity duct or vessel
Fecal impaction may have severe and even lethal effects, such as the rupture of the colon's walls by acute angles of the fecalomas (stercoral perforation), followed by septicemia. Stercoral perforation is the perforation or rupture of the Intestine 's walls by its internal contents such as foreign objects or more commonly by hardened Feces Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a Systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS caused A fecolith is also usually the cause of acute appendicitis. Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by Inflammation of the appendix.
See also
Coprolith is also used to mean fossilized feces. A fecal impaction is a solid immobile bulk of Stool that can develop in the Rectum as a result of chronic Constipation.
References
Creason N, Sparks D. Fecal impaction: a review. Nurs Diagn. 2000 Jan-Mar;11(1):15-23. Review. PMID 10847055
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