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Gallstone ileus with impaction at the neck of a Meckel's diverticulum
Y Nakamoto1, T Saga, S Fujishiro
1Department of Radiology, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
The British Journal of Radiology
|May 13, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case of gallstone ileus in which the stone impacted at the neck of a Meckel's diverticulum. CT demonstrated the gallstone as a calcified mass in the lower abdomen. Gallstone ileus was diagnosed although a more accurate diagnosis was not obtained pre-operatively. The site of impaction was not typical and a blind loop filled with contrast materials was evident. We believe that this is the first report demonstrating this rare condition with imaging.