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Case Reports
. 1985 Nov;61(721):1019-20.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.61.721.1019.

Small bowel obstruction due to an enterolith originating in a jejunal diverticulum

P J Clarke, M G Kettlewell
Case Reports

Small bowel obstruction due to an enterolith originating in a jejunal diverticulum

P J Clarke et al. Postgrad Med J. 1985 Nov.

Abstract

A case of small bowel obstruction caused by an enterolith from a jejunal diverticulum is reported. As such diverticula are usually asymptomatic, the diagnosis was not entertained pre-operatively.

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