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Enterolithiasis in a Patient With Prior Bowel Resection.
Cureus
August 2024
General Surgery, Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, USA.
Enterolithiasis is the development of intestinal stones, thought to be related to conditions that predispose to stasis and stricture of the intestines and disruption of chemical factors such as pH. It has been described in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal tuberculosis, and prior surgery of the bowel. Our patient was a 68-year-old Caucasian female with prior bowel resection secondary to hernia repair who presented many years later with obstructive symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and ultimately inability to tolerate oral intake.
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BMJ Case Rep
June 2021
General Surgery, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Small bowel diverticulosis is rare. False diverticula form in the jejunum, and less commonly, the ileum. As with their large bowel counterparts, these diverticula provide a pocket for stasis of bowel content, leading to the formation of enteroliths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNontraumatic perforation of the small intestine caused by true primary enteroliths associated with radiation enteritis: a case report.
Surg Case Rep
April 2021
Department of Surgery, Chikugo City Hospital, 917-1 Izumi, Chikugo, Fukuoka, 833-0011, Japan.
Background: True primary enterolithiasis is an uncommon condition, and nontraumatic perforation of the small intestine (NTPSI) is also an unusual entity. Therefore, NTPSI due to true primary enteroliths is an exceptionally rare complication. Moreover, enterolithiasis and radiation enteritis are also unique combinations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain.
Gastroenterology
October 2021
General Surgery Unit, Local Unit of Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
Complicating factors in the management of advanced Bouveret syndrome in frail and medically complex patients: Case report and discussion of pathophysiology.
Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2020
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Introduction: Bouveret Syndrome is a rare but important variant of gallstone ileus with high potential for morbidity and mortality. Bouveret syndrome is a complication of gallstone disease resulting from chronic inflammation and subsequent fistulization between the gallbladder and duodenum or stomach with subsequent impaction of the stone in the proximal GI tract. Here we present a case in an elderly man with moderate medical comorbidities.
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