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Gallstone Ileus, a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report

Iatreia
Introduction: Gallstone ileus represents an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction. Management options range from enterotomy with stone extraction to concurrent enterotomy and cholecystectomy.
Brito Rojas, Isabel Cristina
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An unusual case of mechanical bowel obstruction due to cholecysto-intestinal fistula and impacted gallstone: A case report and literature review

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Gallstone ileus is a rare entity and constitutes an uncommon complication of gallstone disease. It is caused by the impaction of a gallstone in the gastrointestinal tract and may cause serious symptoms or even life-threatening complications. It should be
Ioannis G Gkionis, Theofanis G Kokkinakis, Andreas F Strehle, Mathaios E Flamourakis, Michail I Giakoumakis, Marios A Mannaris, Eleni I Kaloeidi, Eirini S Apostolaki, Manousos S Christodoulakis, Aggelos Laliotis   +9 more
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Post‐Cholecystectomy Pancreatitis When Zero Means Lethal: Fulminant Post‐Cholecystectomy Pancreatitis Following a Benign Initial Ranson Score—A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Post‐cholecystectomy pancreatitis (PCP) represents a rare yet potentially lethal iatrogenic complication whose clinical management is frequently undermined by an insidious progression and the fallibility of traditional prognostic models. We present a compelling case of fulminant PCP in a 46‐year‐old female whose fatal trajectory powerfully ...
Fazeela Bibi, Amina Asad, Khalil Elabdi, F. N. U. Mainka, Abdul Quddoos Anwar, Bilal Aslam, Azwa Zubair, Qurat‐ul‐Ain Akram, Fatima Tirmzi, Said Hamid Sadat   +9 more
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Gallstone Ileus: Strangulation of the Small Bowel Following a Remote History of a Cholecystectomy [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery
Gallstone ileus is rare complication of cholecystitis or cholelithiasis due to the formation of an aberrant communication between the gallbladder and small bowel. The movement of the gallstone to the small bowel may cause bowel obstruction.
Sammy Shihadeh, Kyle Carey, Luis Llerena, Ali Al-Rawi   +3 more
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Laparoscopic two-stage procedure for gallstone ileus

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2019
Gallstone is a rare cause of bowel obstruction and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Here, we report a case of gallstone ileus treated by laparoscopic two-stage procedure.
Koichi Inukai, Eri Tsuji, Nobuhiro Takashima, Minoru Yamamoto   +3 more
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Gallstone Ileus: A forgotten rare cause of intestinal obstruction

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007
Gallstone ileus is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis, with a high morbidity and mortality rate - usually related to the delayed diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. Diagnosing gallstone ileus needs a high index of suspicion.
Al-Obaid Omar
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GALLSTONE ILEUS: A RARE CAUSE OF INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

National Journal of Medical Research, 2013
Gallstone ileus is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis, with a high morbidity and mortality rate, usually related to the delayed diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. Diagnosing gallstone ileus needs a high index of suspicion.
Hitendra K. Desai, Bharat C Rathva, Prakash V. Chauhan, Rajesh D Patel, Rajnish R Patel   +4 more
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Gallstone ileus – a well-known, but rarely encountered cause for small bowel obstruction

Radiology Case Reports
Gallstone ileus is a well-known cause of small bowel obstruction in the radiological literature. In the experience of these authors, gallstone ileus occurs more often in quiz cases for registrars than in the everyday casework of a radiologist.
Philipp Roesslhuemer, Thomas D. Ruder, Nesti Cédric, Beat Schnueriger, Johannes T. Heverhagen   +4 more
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Colonic gallstone ileus treated by a transanal ileus tube followed by spontaneous gallstone dislodgement: A case report

DEN Open, 2023
A 71‐year‐old obese woman was referred to our hospital with lower left abdominal pain. Computed tomography showed a 46 mm elliptic calcification lodged in the sigmoid‐descending colon junction (SDJ), which had been detected 5 years prior but was not ...
Tadataka Takagi, Shoichi Kinoshita, Chihiro Kawaguchi, Kuniyuki Kojima, Hirotsugu Ueno, Naoki Nishimura, Naotaka Shimozato, Yasuyo Shirai, Ryuichi Noguchi, Takao Ohyama   +9 more
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Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon: a case report

Liječnički vjesnik, 2021
Gallstone ileus is a rare form of mechanical bowel obstruction with a biliary calculus due to complicated biliary lithiasis. The most common obstructed segment is small bowel. Colonic gallstone ileus is much rarer.
Goran Augustin, Paula Batur, Tomislav Bruketa   +2 more
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