Patel Chantal, Balasubramaniam Ravivarma, Bullen Timothy
Surgery, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, GBR.
Radiology, University Hospital of North Midlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, GBR.
Cureus. 2020 Jun 3;12(6):e8427. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8427.
Small bowel obstruction is a common operative finding following an acute surgical admission. However, small bowel obstruction due to an enterolith is a rarer finding. Enteroliths are formed in conditions contributing to hypomotility and stasis within the gastrointestinal tract. These include Crohn's disease, strictures, and intestinal diverticulae. We present a case of small bowel obstruction due to an enterolith in an 89-year-old female. In our case, CT identified an inflamed jejunal diverticulum pre-operatively.
小肠梗阻是急性外科入院后常见的手术发现。然而,由肠石引起的小肠梗阻则较为罕见。肠石是在导致胃肠道动力不足和淤滞的情况下形成的。这些情况包括克罗恩病、狭窄和肠憩室。我们报告一例89岁女性因肠石导致小肠梗阻的病例。在我们的病例中,CT在术前发现了一个发炎的空肠憩室。