Difficulties in diagnostic of biliary ileus

Gallstone ileus is a rare disease which can be life-threatening because of misdiagnosis preoperatively. The authors analyze the clinical observations about two women where, because of associated diseases, delayed in presentation to the hospital, volume depleted electrolyte abnormalities and, not in...

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Published inChirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) Vol. 97; no. 6; p. 583
Main Authors Leşe, Mihaela, Naghi, Ildiko, Pop, C, Pop, Mariana, Pricop, Daniela
Format Journal Article
LanguageRomanian
Published Romania 01.11.2002
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Adult
Aged
Cholelithiasis - complications
Cholelithiasis - diagnosis
Cholelithiasis - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction - diagnosis
Intestinal Obstruction - etiology
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Gallstone ileus is a rare disease which can be life-threatening because of misdiagnosis preoperatively. The authors analyze the clinical observations about two women where, because of associated diseases, delayed in presentation to the hospital, volume depleted electrolyte abnormalities and, not in the last place, because of lack in accuracy of paraclinical investigations, the diagnosis was mad only intraoperatively. The appearance of clinical setting of high intestinal obstruction in associating with extra-kidney azotemy in female patients with gallstone in their history and no previous abdominal operations must we make to thinking about gallstone ileus.
ISSN:1221-9118