RT Journal
A1 Lerman BB, Levin ML, Patterson R
T1 HEpatic encephalopathy precipitated by fecal impaction
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD June 1
VO 139
IS 6
SP 707
OP 708
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630430083028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630430083028
AB Two episodes of hepatic encephalopathy developed in a 64-year-old man with cirrhosis during the course of hospitalization. The first event was precipitated by spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; the second occurred four weeks later and was associated with a massive fecal impaction, an unreported precipitant. No other potential causes were demonstrated. Symptoms promptly resolved following disimpaction.(Arch Intern Med 139:707-708, 1979)