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1 yr back u/s abd with ct screen showed 7mm appendix with feca lith. recent u/s no ct showed 7mm appendix normal what happened to fecalith. pain onoff?
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It went w stool: A fecalith is a poop stone, likley dislodged from appendix and moved on to toilet.
Answered 4/18/2014
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Worry not: Your appendix is a hollow tube that connects to your colon. Appendicilith can therefore move back into colon and be excreted with stool.
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