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Which is the part of ileum where gallstone is most likely to get imapcted in gallstone ileus.? ileocecal junction or elsewhere..?plz tell

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

A gallstone ileus: Implies pathologic communication of the gallbaldder with the bowel which can be large or small bowel most common is the duodenum, then hepatic flexure of the large bowel. The inflammation/infection causes the ileus 95% of the time. 5% are asymptomatic cholecystoenteric fistulas and impaction may or may not occur depending on the size of the stone.

Answered 2/19/2014

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