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Fecalith

Bodily stone made of feces

A fecalith is a stone made of feces. It is a hardening of feces into lumps of varying size and may occur anywhere in the intestinal tract but is typically

Fecalith

Appendicitis

Inflammation of the appendix

fecal deposits that are known as appendicoliths or fecaliths. The occurrence of obstructing fecaliths has attracted attention since their presence in people

Appendicitis

Bezoar

Mass found trapped in or adjacent to the gastrointestinal system

horses, it is known as choke. A bezoar in the large intestine is known as a fecalith. A bezoar in the trachea is called a tracheobezoar. Esophageal bezoars

Bezoar

Horse colic

Clinical symptom

number of colics in the horse, and are usually caused by obstruction from fecaliths, enteroliths, and meconium. Horses usually present with standard colic

Horse colic

Horse_colic

Coprolite

Fossilized feces

free dictionary. Scholia has a topic profile for Coprolite. Bromalite Fecalith Fossils and the geological timescale Gastrolith Guano Lloyds Bank coprolite

Coprolite

Diverticulitis

Digestive disease of the large intestine

outpouching of bowel wall, hypoechoic and thickened wall, or an obstructive fecalith at the bowel wall. Besides, bowel wall oedema with adjacent hyperechoic

Diverticulitis

Fecal impaction

Solid buildup of feces in the rectum due to chronic constipation

fecalomas, which must be surgically removed (disimpaction). Rarely, a fecalith will form around a hairball (Trichobezoar), or other absorbent or desiccant

Fecal impaction

Fecal_impaction

Stercoral ulcer

Medical condition

sigmoid colon and rectum. Prolonged constipation leads to production of fecaliths, leading to possible progression into a fecaloma. These hard lumps irritate

Stercoral ulcer

Stercoral_ulcer

Diverticular disease

Problems arising from pouch formations in the large intestinal wall

existing diverticulum in the colon. The traumatic theory proposes that a fecalith, which is a hardened fecal matter, becomes trapped in a diverticulum, leading

Diverticular disease

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Debbie McDonald

American equestrian (born 1954)

developed an impaction in early 2009 and underwent colic surgery to remove a fecalith from her small colon. She has since recovered and attended a retirement

Debbie McDonald

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Anismus

Failure to relax the pelvic floor muscles during defecation

loading), which can become hardened, forming a fecal impaction or even fecaliths.[citation needed] Liquid stool elements may leak around the retained fecal

Anismus

Stercomata

reproduction, the stercomata remain in the interior of the test. Feces Fecalith Tendal, Øle Secher (1972). "A monograph of the Xenophyophoria (Rhizopodea

Stercomata