Calcified enteroliths in regional enteritis.
A case of enterolith formation in a dilated pre-stenotic segment of the ileum in a patient with long existing regional enteritis is presented. Recognition of abdominal calculi as enteroliths may represent the diagnostic clue to the presence of chronic stenosing disease of the lower intestinal tract.
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002137:Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography