Plum stones: an unusual cause of ileostomy obstruction demonstrated by sonography

J Clin Ultrasound. 1998 Oct;26(8):416-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199810)26:8<416::aid-jcu9>3.0.co;2-l.

Abstract

Bowel obstruction is a common cause of stomal complications of ileostomy. We report a case in which sonography revealed 2 well-defined, rounded, hyperechoic structures, measuring 1.7 cm in diameter and causing dense acoustic shadowing, in the lumen of the bowel of a 3-year-old boy with a permanent end ileostomy. Endoscopy showed the structures to be freely mobile plum stones in the fluid-filled terminal ileum. This case demonstrates the usefulness of sonography in the diagnostic workup of patients with ileostomy obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Fruit
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography