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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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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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Ultrastructural Analysis of an Enterolith Composed of Deoxycholic Acid [PDF]

, 2014
A 67-year-old Japanese man underwent enterotomy because of enterolith ileus. Component analysis by infrared spectroscopy revealed that the enterolith was composed of a high concentration of deoxycholic acid.
Iwamuro, Masaya, Kawai, Yoshinari, Miyabe, Yoshio, Miyashima, Yuichi, Murata, Toshihiro, Okada, Hiroyuki, Shiraha, Hidenori, Urata, Haruo, Yamamoto, Kazuhide, Yoshioka, Takahiro   +9 more
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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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Recurrent acute biliary pancreatitis: The protective role of cholecystectomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Recurrent attacks of acute biliary pancreatitis (RABP) are prevented by (laparoscopic) cholecystectomy. Since the introduction of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP), several series have described a similar reduction of ...
Bruno, M.J. (Marco), Cuesta, M.A. (Miguel), Geenen, E-J.M. (Erwin-Jan), Mulder, C.J.J. (Chris), Peet, D.L. (Donald) van der   +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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Technical Approach to Laparoscopic Examination of the Small Bowel in Gallstone Ileus

Case Reports in Surgery, 2020
Background. Gallstone ileus is an infrequent cause of small bowel obstructions (SBO), accounting for only 0.1-5% of SBOs and 25% of nonstrangulating causes of SBO in the elderly population.
Sarah Assali, John Mourany, Brendan Jones, Lauren Dudas, Nova Szoka   +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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Acute Pancreatitis as a Complication of Dengue Fever [PDF]

, 2000
Acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of dengue fever that usually occurs without hyperglycemia. We report one patient of dengue fever with a complication of acute pancreatitis. A 28 year old male was referred from a private clinic to Dr.
Ridho, S. (Sayid)
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An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Obstruction: Bezoar [PDF]

, 2011
Bezoars are concretions of swallowed hair, fruit vegetable fibers, and similar substances found in the alimentary canal. The first description of a postmortem human bezoar was by Swain in 1854.
Tariq O. Abbas
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