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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct 7;179(8):859.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.070029.

Gallstone ileus

Anastasios Koulaouzidis  1 , John Moschos, Shivaram Bhat, Karthikeyan Gopal
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Case Reports

Gallstone ileus

Anastasios Koulaouzidis et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1: Radiograph of the abdomen of an elderly woman who was admitted with signs and symptoms suggestive of obstructive ileus. The film shows a gallstone within the bowel (black arrow) and dilated small-bowel loops (white arrows) consistent with obstruction.
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Figure 2: Multidetector computed tomography scans, showing air in the biliary tree (A, arrows) and an ectopic gallstone in the intestinal lumen (B, arrows).
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References

    1. Abou-Saif A, Al-Kawas FH. Complications of gallstone disease: Mirizzi syndrome, cholecystocholedochal fistula and gallstone ileus. Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97:249-54. - PubMed
    1. Moschos J, Pilpilidis I, Antonopoulos Z, et al. Complicated endoscopic management of Bouveret's syndrome. A case report and review. Rom J Gastroenterol 2005;14:75-7. - PubMed

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