It isn't always the case, but an infant who has meconium ileus has a high chance of having cystic fibrosis. A gallstone ileus, as with meconium ileus, is an actual physical obstruction.

Unfortunately, the patient died. Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of gallstone disease. A small-bowel obstruction results after 1 or more gallstones migrate through a cholecystoenteric fistula.1 ...

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 ...