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Primary true enterolithiasis: A rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Enterolithiasis is an uncommon medical condition. It's defined by the formation of gastrointestinal concretion in the setting of intestinal stasis. Enteroliths are typically incidentally discovered during imaging and are a rare cause of acute small bowel
Abdelhamid Jadib, MD, Houria Tabakh, MD, Lamiaa Chahidi El Ouazzani, MD, Keltoum Boumlik, MD, Romaissaa Boutachali, MD, Abdellatif Siwane, MD, Najwa Touil, MD, Omar Kacimi, MD, Nabil Chikhaoui, MD   +8 more
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]

, 1985
The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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Laparoscopy in Management of Children with Small Bowel Obstruction

Galician Medical Journal, 2016
Small bowel obstruction caused by adhesions is one of the most common causes of hospital admission among children. Until recently, the presence of symptoms of small bowel obstruction was the contraindication for laparoscopy; however, rapid development of
A O Dvorakevych, A A Pereyaslov, Yu I Tkachyshyn   +2 more
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Intestinal intussusception in an adult caused by helminthic parasitosis [PDF]

, 2016
Intestinal intussusception is an uncommon acute condition in adults and is most commonly caused by an intestinal tumor mass. Helminthic parasitosis is a widespread infection in Africa, and the load of worms is often high in individuals living in areas ...
Ciardi, Gaia, Ogwang, David M., Okello, Tom R., Opira, Cyprian, Pecorella, Irene   +4 more
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Diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction in the ileum caused by endometriosis: A case report

Case Reports in Women's Health, 2023
Small bowel obstruction is a rare complication of endometriosis, a condition defined by the presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. The rectosigmoid junction is the most common site for intestinal endometriosis. However, small bowel
Nora Gillen, Timea Kovacs, Jada Leahy
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Endometriosis: A Rare Cause of Large Bowel Obstruction. [PDF]

, 2018
Large bowel obstruction can result in significant morbidity and mortality, especially in cases of acute complete obstruction. There are many possible causes, the most common in adults being colorectal cancer.
Alexandrino, G, Carvalho, R, Horta, D, Lourenço, L, Reis, J, Sobrinho, C   +5 more
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Acute small bowel obstruction as a result of a Meckel's diverticulum encircling the terminal ileum: A case report [PDF]

, 2007
Background In the developed world, small bowel obstruction accounts for 20% of all acute surgical admissions. The aetiology for majority of these cases includes postoperative adhesions and herniae.
Avnesh S Thakor, Siong S Liau, Dermot C o'Riordan, NM Foster, JJ Park, S Ishigami, DS Nath, RT Prall, DB Tashjian, M Suter, B Kirshtein, M Tomikawa   +11 more
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Radiological Techniques in the Diagnosis of Strangulating Small Bowel Obstruction

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Objective: Early detection of signs of strangulation in case of acute small bowel obstruction is critical because it mandates an operation. So, the role of different available radiological techniques used for diagnosing strangulating SBO is reviewed ...
Ashwini kumar Jha
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Small bowel obstruction secondary to foam earplug ingestion

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
We describe a case of a 12 month old male who presented with small bowel obstruction (SBO) secondary to ingestion of a foam ear plug. Both X-ray and ultrasound failed to pick up the cause of obstruction.
Duncan McGrouther, Robert McCusker, Daniel Carroll   +2 more
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Small bowel ischemia caused by strangulation in complicated small bowel obstruction. ct findings in 20 cases with histo - pathological correlation

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011
Purpose: To analyze the CT findings in 20 cases of complicated small bowel obstruction with surgically and histopathologically proven small bowel ischemia, caused by extrinsic venous outflow obstruction of the affected bowel loops and to discuss the ...
W Wiesner, K Mortele
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