DB30.3

Impaction of large intestine

Impactação do intestino grosso

Category

Definition

Large bowel obstruction may result when a substance such as gallstone, foreign body, or enterolith, but not faecal, is too large to traverse the large intestine.

Exclusions

  • faecal impaction

Inclusions

  • Impaction of large bowel

Index Terms

Impaction of large intestineimpaction intestine NOSImpaction of large bowelEnterolith of large intestineOther impaction of large bowel