title: Jejunal gallstone ileus: an unusual site of gallstone impaction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gallstone ileus is a life-threatening surgical emergency where characteristic imaging can be diagnostic. Jejunum is the one of the rare sites of gallstone impaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We hereby emphasize the role of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) by describing a case of jejunal gallstone ileus with cholecystoduodenal fistula in a 59-year-old lady who presented with symptoms and signs of proximal small bowel obstruction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MDCT of the abdomen established the diagnosis, and the patient managed surgically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Sector-12, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh, U.T., 160012, India.
authors.forename: Mandeep Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Ram Prakash
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Galwa
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*