fecaluria

[fe″kal-u´re-ah]

the presence of fecal matter in the urine.

fe·ca·lu·ri·a

(fē-kăl-yū'rē-ă),

The commingling of feces with urine passed from the urethra in people with a fistula connecting the intestinal tract and lower urinary tract, often noticed most dramatically by the passage of flatus through the urethra.

[L. faeces, feces, + G. ouron, urine]

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fecaluria

(fē′kə-lo͝or′ē-ə, -lyo͝or′-)

Commingling of feces with urine passed from the urethra, as in persons with a fistula connecting the intestinal tract and bladder.

fe·ca·lu·ri·a

(fē'kăl-yūr'ē-ă)

The commingling of feces with urine passed from the urethra in people with a fistula connecting the intestinal tract and bladder.
Synonym(s): faecaluria.

[L. faeces, feces, + G. ouron, urine]

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The patient who underwent primary RRP presented with fecaluria and RUF within the first few days after surgery and did not receive any other adjuvant treatments.

Transperineal approach to complex rectourinary fistulae

However, patients with EVF usually present with lower urinary tract symptoms, which include pneumaturia (the most common symptom present in 5070% of cases), fecaluria (reported in up to 51%), frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), and haematuria [5, 8, 21, 25].