"In 85% of patients with gallstone ileus, gallstones travel through a cholecystoduodenal fistula into the duodenum, and 15% have a fistula that involves the stomach, small bowel, or transverse colon." ...

Gallstone ileus. A gallstone ileus, as with meconium ileus, is an actual physical obstruction. It's very rare and happens when a gallstone travels from the gallbladder into the intestine.

Gallstone ileus is rare but can be fatal. It occurs when a gallstone migrates to the intestine and blocks it. Sometimes, a gallstone passes out through the rectum without a person noticing, ...

THE combination of gallstone ileus, volvulus of the small intestine, incarcerated femoral hernia and diffuse peritonitis is sufficiently unusual to warrant a report. The probable sequence of events ...

A 92-year-old female patient was brought to the emergency department in poor general condition by the emergency services with a 4-day history of persistent nausea, intestinal cramps, and vomiting.

If a person does not receive treatment for it, chronic cholecystitis may result in complications such as infection, gallstone ileus, abscesses, fistulas, and potentially gallbladder cancer.

Question: I am in my 50s and have gallstones. I have been to my GP and she says that she wouldn’t recommend surgery yet, but I am terrified of an impending attack. I have a busy couple of months ...