It Is Not Diverticular Bleeding! A Case of Stercoral Ulcer

Am J Med. 2021 Apr;134(4):e289-e290. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.024. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Authors

Akram I Ahmad¹, Stephen Sebastian², Rukma Govindu³, Hussam Ammar²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Electronic address: Akram.I.Ahmad@medstar.net.
² Internal Medicine Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
³ Internal Medicine Department, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston.

PMID: 33217372
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Diagnosis, Differential
Diverticulum / complications*
Fecal Impaction / complications*
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Rectal Diseases / etiology*
Rectal Diseases / pathology
Rectum / pathology*