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Gallstone Ileus-A Case Report with Review of the Literature

1Surgical Department, Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens, Athens 11527, Region of Attica, Greece


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 5, 126-129
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-5-2
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Christos Konstantinidis, Aleksandros Hamzin, Ioannis Stefanidis. Gallstone Ileus-A Case Report with Review of the Literature. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(5):126-129. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-5-2.

Correspondence to: Christos  Konstantinidis, Surgical Department, Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens, Athens 11527, Region of Attica, Greece. Email: drchriskons@yahoo.gr

Abstract

A 64 years-old female patientreferred to our hospital for further treatmentof gallstone ileusdiagnosed at another hospital. She had a past medical history of thyroidectomy and mild heart failure. After four days of conservative treatment she underwent scheduled laparotomy with enterolithotomy and stone extraction. Although the operation was uneventful, immediately after that in the recovery room the patient presented severe ARDS with pulmonal edema and acute renal failure. The patientdeceased two days later.

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