New in the problem gallstone bowel obstruction
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Large bowel obstruction due to impaction of a gallstone.
Gallstone ileus is a complication of cholelithiasis resulting from a fistula between the gallbladder and the gastrointestinal tract. If sufficiently large, a gallstone may lodge at the narrowest part of the gastrointestinal tract, usually the terminal ileum, and present with small bowel obstruction. Here the authors present the unusual case of an 82-year-old man who developed symptoms and signs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annaly khirurgicheskoy gepatologii = Annals of HPB Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2408-9524,1995-5464
DOI: 10.16931/1995-5464.2020162-68