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# | '''Fecal material''', also '''fecal matter''', is poo. It is seen in [[gastrointestinal pathology]]. | ||
==General== | |||
*Common. | |||
*Associated with poor bowel preparation. | |||
*Endoscopists go after anything that is polypoid and that may be nothing more than poo. | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features: | |||
*Plant material: | |||
**Yellow staining chicken wire-like material - may be linear. | |||
***Thick cell walls often without cytoplasm and usually without a nucleus. | |||
*Meat: | |||
**Eosinophilic honeycomb-like material without nuclei and without inflammation. | |||
***Essentially ischemic skeletal muscle without inflammation. | |||
*+/-Microorganisms. | |||
*+/-Inflammatory cells. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Necrosis]]. | |||
**[[Gastrointestinal tract polyps#Colorectal adenocarcinoma|Colorectal adenocarcinoma]]. | |||
==Sign out== | |||
<pre> | |||
TRANSVERSE COLON, BIOPSY: | |||
- FECAL MATERIAL. | |||
- NO DEFINITE COLONIC MUCOSA IDENTIFIED. | |||
</pre> | |||
===Rectum=== | |||
<pre> | |||
RECTUM, BIOPSY: | |||
- FECAL MATERIAL. | |||
- NO DEFINITE RECTAL MUCOSA IDENTIFIED. | |||
</pre> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Gastrointestinal tract polyps]]. | |||
*[[Gastrointestinal pathology]]. | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||