Obstructing enterolith as presenting feature in Crohn's disease

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):24.

Abstract

We report a 54-year-old woman with Crohn's disease presenting with intestinal obstruction due to an enterolith impacted at the site of a small bowel stricture. The diseased bowel was successfully resected by laparoscopy-assisted surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Crohn Disease / complications
  • Crohn Disease / diagnosis*
  • Crohn Disease / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed