EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Compremesis, the fecal vomiting is an unpleasant and unusual act very rarely seen in humans. This is usually caused by the mechanical intestinal obstruction associated with the formation of gastrocolic fistulas [1]. Sometimes, this is also developed due to the paralytic intestinal obstruction called adynamic ileus with violent reverse peristalsis [2]. Popularly known in medical literature as feculent or stercoraceous vomiting, this is a kind of medical condition where the bowel is extremely obstructed unable to pass the poop properly. In fact, the peristaltic waves decompress the intestine backwardly from pyloric sphincter to the stomach [3]. Fecal vomiting is often seen in patients suffering from liver, ovary or colorectal cancers [4-10].

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