A Rare Case of Large Impacted Stone in Jejunum Causing Obstruction in a Patient of Gallstone Ileus | Zendy

Dawood Iqbal Wani | Zendy; Satish Parihar | Zendy; Ankit Prabhakar | Zendy; Nasib Chand Digra | Zendy; Ab Hamid Wani | Zendy

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A Rare Case of Large Impacted Stone in Jejunum Causing Obstruction in a Patient of Gallstone Ileus

Author(s) -

Dawood Iqbal Wani,

Satish Parihar,

Ankit Prabhakar,

Nasib Chand Digra,

Ab Hamid Wani

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

galician medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2414-1518

DOI - 10.21802/gmj.2020.1.4

Subject(s) - gallstone ileus , medicine , ileus , jejunum , bowel obstruction , complication , enterotomy , occlusion , surgery , lumen (anatomy) , general surgery , laparotomy , fistula

Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis that occurs as a result of occlusion of the intestinal lumen by a large sized gallstone accounting for 1-4% cases of small bowel obstruction. The aim of this work is to introduce a case report that emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic management of gallstone ileus with an enterolith impacted in jejunum (an uncommon site).

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