title: Value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gallstone ileus.
abstract: Two patients are presented, both of whom were admitted to hospital because of abdominal pains. In both patients, ultrasonography showed gallstones in the lower abdomen and in the small bowel loops were found to be dilated. In both cases it was possible to diagnose the gallstone ileus by ultrasonography and to mark the abdomen as a guide to the surgeon.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Radiology R, Municipal Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Topp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography