[Small-bowel ileus caused by a gold filling].
A 68-years-old man was admitted to hospital with signs of intestinal obstruction. Computed tomography showed a foreign body, and the patient underwent laparotomy which revealed a gold filling in the jejunum. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a gold filling causing intestinal obstruction.
Jensen
Troels Munk
TM
Gentofte Hospital, Kirurgisk Gastroenterologisk Afdeling D, DK-2900 Hellerup. trmuje01@geh.regionh.dk
Kücükakin
Bülent
B
Bülow
Charlotte
C
D000368:Aged; D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D006047:Gold Alloys