Regan J K, O'Neil H K, Aizenstein R I
Department of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612-0233, USA.
Clin Imaging. 1999 Jan-Feb;23(1):22-5. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(98)00078-3.
Baroliths are rare complications of barium contrast roentgenography that occur almost exclusively in the colon. Baroliths are often asymptomatic, but may be associated with abdominal pain, appendicitis, bowel obstruction, or perforation. We present an unusual case of a barolith which developed within the lumen of the small bowel, and resulted in the detection of an otherwise occult carcinoid tumor of the ileum.