title: [Biliary ileus].
abstract: A case of gallstone ileus in an elderly woman is described and attention is drawn to the insidious clinical presentation and the significance of the often subtle radiological signs. The data from the literature specifies these aspects and allows a more complete review of this relatively rare pathology in order to remind its importance in differential diagnosis to emergency clinicians and radiologists.
authors.affiliation: Département de Soins Intensifs Médicaux, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machayekhi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattys
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poortmans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendes da Costa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devriendt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Staroukine
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography