title: Obstructing enterolith as presenting feature in Crohn's disease.
abstract: We report a 54-year-old woman with Crohn's disease presenting with intestinal obstruction due to an enterolith impacted at the site of a small bowel stricture. The diseased bowel was successfully resected by laparoscopy-assisted surgery.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of GI Surgery, P D Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai 400 016. shahsudeep@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sudeep R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhaduri
authors.forename: Devendra C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed