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Rigler triad in gallstone ileus

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Lorena Brandariz Gil, Tamara Fernández de Miguel, José Perea,

Abstract
Gallstone ileus is an exceptional complication among billiary diseases. It is defined as an intestinal obstruction caused by a gallstone as it passes through a bilio-digestive fistula. This is disease with high morbi-mortality, and whose main contributing factors are the advanced age of the patients, comorbidities and the delayed diagnosis. Most of the times, it is a postoperative diagnosis and a high clinical suspicion is essential for an early diagnosis. In patients with gallstone ileus the abdominal X-ray is frequently nonspecific and to observe a complete Rigler triad is exceptional.
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Brandariz Gil L, Fernández de Miguel T, Perea J. Rigler triad in gallstone ileus. 3956/2015


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Received: 05/08/2015

Accepted: 04/09/2015

Published: 06/09/2016

Article revision time: 28 days

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