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Miho Mugino1, Takako Eva Yabe1, Bruce Ashford2
1ISLHD Division of Surgery, Level 2 Block B Wollongong Hospital, Loftus Street Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia.
Abstract:
We report a case of small bowel obstruction due to gallstone ileus found in a patient with previous pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). Investigation by computed tomography of the abdomen showed a transition point in the midjejunum due to a radioopaque intraluminal mass. Following resuscitation, the patient underwent laparotomy to remove the offending mass from the midjejunum. Subsequent stone analysis confirmed a cholesterol-rich gallstone. This is thus the first description of gallstone ileus following Whipple procedure. The rarity of this presentation and a literature review is presented.
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