Large Enterolith Complicating a Meckel Diverticulum Causing Obstructive Ileus in an Adolescent Male Patient
We present a unique case of a 16-year-old male patient who was eventually diagnosed with a large enterolith arising from a Meckel’s diverticulum. The enterolith had caused intermittent intestinal symptoms for three years before resulting in small bowel obstruction requiring surgical intervention. Me...
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| Main Authors: | Constantinos Nastos, Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, Ioannis Georgopoulos, Christos Salakos, Dionysios Dellaportas, Ioannis Papaconstantinou, Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Georgios Polymeneas |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1871434 |
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