Small bowel obstruction due to an enterolith originating in a jejunal diverticulum.
A case of small bowel obstruction caused by an enterolith from a jejunal diverticulum is reported. As such diverticula are usually asymptomatic, the diagnosis was not entertained pre-operatively.
D000368:Aged; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male