Gallstone ileus. A case report from Baragwanath Hospital.
Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis and even rarer in negroid people, in whom cholelithiasis is far less common than in Whites. A case of gallstone ileus in a Black patient is reported. The clinical presentation was typical and spontaneous resolution with rectal passage of the calculus occurred on conservative management.
D000328:Adult; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male