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Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Colonic Gallstone Ileus in an Elderly Patient
- Source :
- ACG Case Reports Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
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Abstract
- Gallstone ileus is a rare entity, and an obstructing gallstone in the left colon is even less frequent. A 78-year-old man was evaluated for abdominal distension and pain, associated with a lack of bowel movements in the past 5 days. An abdominal computed tomography showed a cholecystocolonic fistula associated with a gallstone in the descending colon. During the operation, the gallstone was retrieved through a longitudinal colotomy proximal to the impaction site, which was then closed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Impaction
Fistula
Biliary
Case Report
General Medicine
Abdominal distension
medicine.disease
Pathophysiology
digestive system diseases
Surgery
Descending colon
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Gallstone ileus
Medicine
Defecation
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
medicine.symptom
business
Elderly patient
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23263253
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACG Case Reports Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f61d4bfc7f5bea5bde55857d02f8fee6