The author has completed the ICMJE form and declares no conflicts of interest. Gallstone disease is common, but gallstones are a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Gallstone ileus can have an acute, ...

Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus both disrupt bowel movements and can require urgent medical attention. The two conditions have different causes and treatments. Hirschsprung disease happens ...

Multiple hospitalizations and long-term Crohn disease duration are major risk factors for gallstone disease. A pooled gallstone prevalence of 14.9% was found in Crohn disease patients, with high ...

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 ...

The figure was created using BioRender.com. Gallstone disease is a common condition, affecting approximately 10-20% of the global adult population. Of these, about 20% develop symptomatic disease ...

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.

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.

Meconium ileus can happen when a baby with cystic fibrosis can’t pass their first poop, called meconium. It’s a serious condition that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Treatment ...

gallstone pancreatitis (a gallstone becomes blocked in the pancreatic duct), gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi syndrome. When gallstones form in the common bile duct, the tube that carries bile ...

prompting a diagnosis of gallstone ileus. Pata and co-authors explained that the observed combination of an ectopic gallstone in the small bowel and a thickening of the gallbladder wall with ...

In addition, our results showed that the risk of kidney cancer increases by almost 10% for every doubling of gallstone prevalence. What is the mechanism by which gallstones might promote kidney ...

A person could have one large gallstone or lots of smaller ones inside their gallbladder. Gallstones affect about 10–15% of the United States population, which equates to nearly 25 million people.