Open AccessAn unusual cause of abdominal pain: gallstone ileus
Author(s) -
ShiuDong Chung,
Shu-Yi Huang,
K.-H. Chen,
Shu Hsun Chu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
qjm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1460-2725
pISSN - 1460-2393
DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hcq253
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , abdomen , abdominal pain , emergency department , ileus , physical examination , tenderness , surgery , general surgery , psychiatry
A 74-year-old Taiwanese woman with diabetes mellitus came to the emergency department with a 1-week period of diffuse abdominal pain. She had been followed for asymptomatic gallstone (Figure 1A). Physical examination showed diffuse tenderness of abdomen and plain film of abdomen revealed …