An Unusual Case of Ileal Obstruction Secondary to a Large Primary Enterolith

An Unusual Case of Ileal Obstruction Secondary to a Large Primary Enterolith

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Primary enterolith is also known as a gastrointestinal concretion.In this condition, stone formation occurs in small bowel.Enterolithiasis is an uncommon pathological condition in humans.Its prevalence is 0.3-10%.

We present an uncomplicated case of primary enterolith bilstein shocks jeep xj in a small bowel.A 50-years old female patient came with abdominal pain due to small bowel obstruction soderhamn ottoman cover and intestinal stricture on clinico radiological correlation.After clinical examination and investigations, she was taken up for exploratory laparotomy wherein segment of ileum was resected and sent for histopathology examination.