Ruiz Marín Miguel, Tamayo Rodríguez M Encarnación, González Valverde Francisco Miguel, Méndez Martínez Marcelino, Sánchez Cifuentes Ángela, Maestre Maderuelo María, Marín Blázquez Antonio Albarracín
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, España.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Apr;35(4):247-50. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2012.01.009. Epub 2012 Mar 23.
Enterolithiasis, or coprolithiasis, stones formed mainly in the intestine, is uncommon in humans and is generally associated with intestinal stasis. This entity is highly common in some animals, such as horses. Enterolithiasis is usually asymptomatic but may lead to intestinal occlusion and should be considered as a possible cause of this event. We report two cases of enterolithiasis, in which the diagnosis was established by simple abdominal radiography and computed tomography. Although both patients had factors favoring the development of enterolithiasis, a genetic substrate predisposing them to this uncommon clinical entity cannot be excluded.
肠结石症，即粪石症，主要在肠道内形成的结石，在人类中并不常见，通常与肠道淤滞有关。这种病症在一些动物如马中非常常见。肠结石症通常无症状，但可能导致肠梗阻，应被视为该病症的一个可能病因。我们报告两例肠结石症病例，其诊断通过简单的腹部X线摄影和计算机断层扫描得以确立。尽管两名患者都有促使肠结石症发生的因素，但不能排除存在使他们易患这种罕见临床病症的遗传因素。
