An uncommon cause of common presentation – Gall stone ileus: A case report and review of literature

Authors

  • Anand Munghate Junior resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala 147001
  • Sushil Mittal Associate professor, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala 147001
  • Harnam Singh Assistant professor, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala 147001
  • Anjna Garg Senior resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala 147001
  • Gurpreet Singh Junior resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala 147001
  • Jyoti Sharma Resident, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwan Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak 124001

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i1.9307

Keywords:

Gallstone ileus, Intestinal obstruction, Enterolithotomy

Abstract

About 1%-4% of all cases of mechanical intestinal obstruction were caused by rare disease gallstone ileus. It is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis. The formation of a fistula between the gallbladder and the duodenum may allow a gallstone to enter the intestinal tract. Gallstone ileus usually occurs in the elderly with a female predominance and is associated with a high mortality rate. The diagnosis of gallstone ileus entails a clinical challenge, especially in older patients in whom it may be easily overlooked. Here we report a case of 75 year old female patient presented in emergency with 4 day history of nausea, vomiting and pain in epigastric region. Emergent laparotomy was done and it was surprise to see that the cause of obstruction was gall stone ileus, enterolithotomy and repair was done.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i1.9307

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.6(1) 2015 112-114

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Published

2014-07-26

How to Cite

Munghate, A., Mittal, S., Singh, H., Garg, A., Singh, G., & Sharma, J. (2014). An uncommon cause of common presentation – Gall stone ileus: A case report and review of literature. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(1), 112–114. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i1.9307

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

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