An 80 year old lady presented with signs and symptoms of sub-acute intestinal obstruction which failed conservative management. CT scan abdomen revealed circumferential ileum thickening with proximal bowel dilatation. Laparotomy and segmental resection was done. Pathological findings were suggestive of chronic granulomatous ileits with differential of Crohn's disease and gastrointestinal tuberc...

Primary enterolithiasis is a rare surgical ailment. The underlying cause is intestinal stasis. A 45year-old female patient admitted with 5 years history of intermittent abdominal colics of less severity and shorter duration. There was history of emergency abdominal surgery 20 years back. The patient underwent laparotomy revealing three strictures in the distal ileum two feet proximal to ICJ, in...

: The most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract is Meckel’s diverticulum which a true diverticulum, involving whole walls small intestine. John Friedrich Meckel described embryological basis for midgut in 1809. complicated with enterolithiasis 3 - 10% cases. Adults are likely to present intestinal obstruction. primary enterolith and mesodiverticular band rarely cause acute bo...

BACKGROUND Intestinal obstruction remains a common problem encountered in the surgical emergency, and usually occurs secondary to adhesions, obstructed herniae or tubercular strictures. However, at times, rare causes of obstruction can also be encountered. METHODS A 24-year-old male patient presented with recurrent episodes of intestinal obstruction that was found to be secondary to an abdomi...

Intestinal calculi or enteroliths are rare cause of intestinal obstruction. Most commonly formed in setting of intestinal tuberculosis and crohn`s disease, enteroliths can be formed in variety of conditions causing intestinal strictures. We report a case of 75 year old male, who presented with history of recurrent episodes of obstruction. There was a past history of myocardial infarction 2 year...

We present a unique case of a 16-year-old male patient who was eventually diagnosed with a large enterolith arising from a Meckel's diverticulum. The enterolith had caused intermittent intestinal symptoms for three years before resulting in small bowel obstruction requiring surgical intervention. Meckel's enterolith ileus is very rare with only few cases described in the literature. To our know...

AbsractWe are presenting a case of abdominal tuberculosis who had peritonitis and twolarge enteroliths were removed from the small intestine during laparotomy. Followinga full course of medical treatment, she developed small bowel obstruction andtreated by laparotomy & enterolysis but showed no evidence of stricture. We had adiagnostic and management challenge which will be discussed along with...

Background: Although uncommon in children, abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) can be a life-threatening condition with subset requiring emergency surgical intervention. This study aims to determine the presentation, procedures performed, and outcomes children affected by tuberculosis. Methods: A retrospective chart review of all undergoing intervention for ATB from July 2007 December 2018 was conduct...