A Seldom Encountered Intestinal Obstruction: Gallstone Ileus
Shanavas Kakkat, George Sarin Zacharia, Rohit Ravindran & Anu Jacob · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health · 2025
Gallstone ileus refers to mechanical small bowel obstruction secondary to luminal occlusion by a gallstone, most frequently in the distal ileum or ileocecal junction. The gallstone enters the enteral lumen through a cholecystoenteric fistula and should be large enough to be impac...
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10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1216