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 a rare complication of gallstone disease. A small-bowel obstruction results after 1 or more gallstones migrate through a cholecystoenteric fistula.1 Elderly women are more likely ...

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 ...