title: Enterolith ileus due to jejunal diverticulosis.
abstract: Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare malformation that is often asymptomatic. Complications might be similar to those occurring in large-bowel diverticula but also include a much more particular event: intestinal obstruction due to migration and impaction of enterolith formed inside diverticula. This is a very uncommon entity; diagnosis and management are thus often delayed. Mostly surgical exploration is necessary because obstruction symptoms are unresponsive to medical treatment. The authors report a new case of enterolith ileus in a 74-year-old man, due to jejunal diverticulosis, and its successful surgical management in emergency. Only 39 similar cases have ever been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Sainte Anne Military Teaching Hospital, Toulon, France. tristan.monchal@free.fr
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monchal
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hornez
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bourgouin
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sbardella
authors.forename: Yoann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baudoin
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butin
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salle
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thouard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine