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Report of two cases of gallstone ileus and literature review
Materials and methods Two female elderly patients (83 and 87 years old) recently came to our attention for a mechanical bowel obstruction. Their routine blood investigation revealed only high urea, creatinine and phosphates. Ultrasonography showed scleroatrophic lithiasic cholecistytis. The abdominal X-ray didn't show any sign of Rigler's triad, except for small bowel obstruction. Laparotomy di...
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UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Gallstone ileus is a rare cause of bowel obstruction and results from the passage of gallstones into the bowel. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of an 83-year-old Caucasian woman who had three episodes of gallstone ileus, each of which was managed with simple enterotomy. This sequence is one of the first reported in the medical literature and may be seen to cha...
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Abstract Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis found in less than 0.5% of patients. It is an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction, accounting for 1% to 3% of all mechanical bowel obstructions and over 25% of nonstrangulated bowel obstructions in patients older than 65 years with a female predominance. We report a 60-year-old woman who was referred to our hospit...
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A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and vomiting. Her abdomen was distended, and obstructive bowel sounds were discovered on examination. Diffuse abdominal tenderness was present, but no palpable masses were apparent. Abdominal computed tomography confirmed a large gallstone obstructing the small bowel. Colonoscopy revealed a large gallstone lodged at the termin...
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We present a 72-year-old female patient complaining of pain and distention of the abdomen, nausea and vomiting. No history of previous abdominal surgery, hernias or biliary disease was present. Plain abdominal x-rays showed small bowel obstruction. This mechanical obstruction of the gastrointestinal truct was caused by a gallstone in the terminal ileum.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1955
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195507000-00007