Intermittent small bowel obstruction by jejunal enteroliths in a patient with a Crohn's disease stricture. 2002

Roberto Bruni, and Luigi Chirco, and Alessandro Rossi Lemeni, and Sergio Petrocca
U.O. di Chirurgia Generale e d'Urgenza Policlinico Casilino Azienda U.S.L. RM B, Roma.

Small bowel obstruction is most frequently due to postoperative or inflammatory adhesions, intestinal neoplasms, hernias, or bezoars. Intermittent small bowel obstruction may be secondary to a Crohn's disease stricture or to chronic adhesive peritonitis. Enterolithiasis, usually associated with jejunal diverticulosis or with a Meckel diverticulum, should be considered in patients who have not previously undergone abdominal surgical procedures. X-ray evidence of stones in the abdominal field, outside the common sites, i.e. gallbladder, kidney, bladder, should suggest a diagnosis of enterolithiasis. The authors report a case of multiple enteroliths in a patient with a segmental ileal stricture and ulcerations (diagnosed as Crohn's disease) causing frequent, intermittent occlusive symptoms, treated by segmental ileal resection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007077 Ileal Diseases Pathological development in the ILEUM including the ILEOCECAL VALVE. Disease, Ileal,Diseases, Ileal,Ileal Disease
D007415 Intestinal Obstruction Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANAL CANAL. Intestinal Obstructions,Obstruction, Intestinal
D007579 Jejunal Diseases Pathological development in the JEJUNUM region of the SMALL INTESTINE. Disease, Jejunal,Diseases, Jejunal,Jejunal Disease
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002137 Calculi An abnormal concretion occurring mostly in the urinary and biliary tracts, usually composed of mineral salts. Also called stones. Biliary or Urinary Stones,Calculus
D003424 Crohn Disease A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. Colitis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,Crohn's Disease,Crohn's Enteritis,Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,Regional Enteritis,Crohns Disease,Granulomatous Colitis,Granulomatous Enteritis,Regional Ileitides,Regional Ileitis,Terminal Ileitis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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