Intermittent small bowel obstruction caused by Meckel's enterolith.
A 56-year-old man presented with small bowel obstruction after a 6-week history of intermittent resolving subacute small bowel obstruction. After investigations, he underwent laparotomy. A mobile, narrow-necked Meckel's diverticulum packed with enteroliths pressing against proximal small bowel was discovered. A small bowel resection was performed.
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK. operationjones@hotmail.com
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D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed