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The stercoral perforation is a mortal condition. It affects elderly patients who have a long history of chronic and severe constipation as well as constitutes a surgical emergency whose prognosis, often grim, depends on the early diagnosis and treatment. We report the case of a stercoral colon perforation which occurred in an 89 year’s old patient. The clinical symptomatology was that of an acute peritonitis evolving for four days. The diagnosis was only made intraoperatively and the surgical gesture was a resection of the involved left colon segment and Bouilly Volkmann colostomy. The consequences were unfortunately marked by a resistant septic shock resulting in the death of the patient on the 1st postoperative day. The diagnosis of stercoral colon perforation, which is often difficult and delayed, must be known by all physicians who manage an increasingly older patient population.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are uncommon mesenchymal tumors that very rarely occur in the rectum. They pose preoperative diagnostic and therapeutic problems. We report the case of retrorectal stromal tumor in order to highlight the clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of this rare entity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that can be caused in rare situations by ansa pancretica, it is a rare anatomic variation of the pancreatic ducts. It is a communication between the main pancreatic duct (Wirsung) and the accessory pancreatic duct (Santorini).

Les tumeurs stromales gastro-intestinales sont des tumeurs mésenchymateuses peu fréquentes dont la localisation rectale est extrêmement rare, et posent en pré-opératoire un problème de diagnostic et de prise en charge thérapeutique. Nous rapportons le cas d'une tumeur stromale à localisation rétro-rectale afin de bien étayer les particularités cliniques, radiologiques et thérapeutiques de cette entité rare.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are uncommon mesenchymal tumors that very rarely occur in the rectum. They pose preoperative diagnostic and therapeutic problems. We report the case of retrorectal stromal tumor in order to highlight the clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of this rare entity.