Gallstone ileus - a well-known, but rarely encountered cause for small bowel obstruction

Philipp Roesslhuemer; Thomas D Ruder; Nesti Cédric; Beat Schnueriger; Johannes T Heverhagen

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2023.11.042

Gallstone ileus - a well-known, but rarely encountered cause for small bowel obstruction

Radiol Case Rep. 2023 Dec 6;19(2):791-793. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.11.042. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Philipp Roesslhuemer¹, Thomas D Ruder¹, Nesti Cédric², Beat Schnueriger², Johannes T Heverhagen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
² Departement of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.

Abstract

Gallstone ileus is a well-known cause of small bowel obstruction in the radiological literature. In the experience of these authors, gallstone ileus occurs more often in quiz cases for registrars than in the everyday casework of a radiologist. The here presented case of a gallstone ileus provides a good opportunity to summarize cause, clinical presentation, radiological findings, and treatment options for both those studying for the specialist examinations and those whose specialist examinations are long past.

Keywords: Gallstone ileus; Rigler triad; small bowel obstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports