학술논문
Enterolith with underlying duodenal diverticulosis causing acute small bowel obstruction.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*SMALL intestine
*DIVERTICULOSIS
*BOWEL obstructions
*DIVERTICULUM
*CROHN'S disease
*GASTROINTESTINAL system
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ISSN
1445-1433
Abstract
If left untreated, the mortality due to enterolith causing complications is around 3%.6 In conclusion, enterolith should also be considered in differential diagnoses in patients with diverticular diseases presenting with acute small bowel obstruction. Enteroliths are classified into primary enteroliths (formation occurs within the intestinal lumen) and secondary enteroliths (formation occurs outside the intestinal lumen). [Extracted from the article]