title: Small bowel obstruction secondary to a giant enterolith complicating Crohn's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Enterolith formation associated with Crohn's disease is a very uncommon clinical entity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of sub-acute small bowel obstruction secondary to a giant enterolith in a patient with Crohn's disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 54-year-old male with a history of Crohn's disease presented with sub-acute small bowel obstruction secondary to a giant enterolith. The diagnosis was confirmed utilising plain film radiography and computed tomography
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Plain film radiography and computed tomography play a central role in establishing the diagnosis of this rare complication of Crohn's disease and assist in planning surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: The Dept. of Radiology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geoghegan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stunel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ridgeway
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Birido
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geraghty
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Torreggiani
mesh_terms: D002137:Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed