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Large Enterolith Complicating a Meckel Diverticulum Causing Obstructive Ileus in an Adolescent Male Patient
Joint Authors
Papaconstantinou, Ioannis
Polymeneas, George
Nastos, Constantinos
Salakos, Christos
Giannoulopoulos, Dimitrios
Georgopoulos, Ioannis
Theodosopoulos, Theodosios
Dellaportas, Dionysios
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-12-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We present a unique case of a 16-year-old male patient who was eventually diagnosed with a large enterolith arising from a Meckel’s diverticulum.
The enterolith had caused intermittent intestinal symptoms for three years before resulting in small bowel obstruction requiring surgical intervention.
Meckel’s enterolith ileus is very rare with only few cases described in the literature.
To our knowledge, this is only the second case of Meckel’s enterolith which had caused intermittent symptoms over a period of time, before resulting in ileus, and the first case where the intermittent symptoms lasted several years before bowel obstruction.
The patient had been evaluated with colonoscopy, computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging enterography (MRIE); a calcified pelvic mass had been found, but no further diagnosis other than calcification was established.
The patient presented at our emergency department, with symptoms of obstructive ileus and underwent exploratory laparotomy, where a large enterolith arising from a Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) was identified, causing the obstruction.
A successful partial enterectomy, enterolith removal, and primary end-to-end anastomosis took place; the patient was permanently relieved from his long-standing symptoms.
Consequently, complications of Meckel’s diverticulum and enterolithiasis have to be included in the differential diagnosis of abdominal complaints.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nastos, Constantinos& Giannoulopoulos, Dimitrios& Georgopoulos, Ioannis& Salakos, Christos& Dellaportas, Dionysios& Papaconstantinou, Ioannis…[et al.]. 2017. Large Enterolith Complicating a Meckel Diverticulum Causing Obstructive Ileus in an Adolescent Male Patient. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150060
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nastos, Constantinos…[et al.]. Large Enterolith Complicating a Meckel Diverticulum Causing Obstructive Ileus in an Adolescent Male Patient. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150060
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nastos, Constantinos& Giannoulopoulos, Dimitrios& Georgopoulos, Ioannis& Salakos, Christos& Dellaportas, Dionysios& Papaconstantinou, Ioannis…[et al.]. Large Enterolith Complicating a Meckel Diverticulum Causing Obstructive Ileus in an Adolescent Male Patient. Case Reports in Surgery. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150060
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1150060