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Enterolithiasis in Crohn's disease
H K Mendes Ribeiro1, D J Nolan
1Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Abdominal Imaging
|August 10, 2000
Abstract:
Enterolithiasis of the small bowel is unusual. Etiologic factors include stasis secondary to intestinal strictures or diverticula. There have been 19 reported cases of enteroliths associated with Crohn's disease and we report three additional patients. Enteroliths only occur in longstanding Crohn's disease and are important clues to the presence of underlying strictures; they may occur as a result of adenocarcinoma complicating Crohn's disease. The radiologic features of enteroliths are discussed.