TITLE:
Gallstone Ileus: A Case Report and Our Clinic’s Experience
AUTHORS:
Konstantinos Alexiou, Argyrios Ioannidis, Nikolaos Sikalias, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Athanasios Fotopoulos, Ioannis Karanikas, Nikolaos Economou
KEYWORDS:
Gallstone Ileus
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
9,
2014
ABSTRACT: We present a 72-year-old female patient complaining of pain and distention of the
abdomen, nausea and vomiting. No history of previous abdominal surgery, hernias
or biliary disease was present. Plain abdominal x-rays showed small bowel
obstruction. This mechanical obstruction of the gastrointestinal truct was
caused by a gallstone in the terminal ileum.