
ALIMENTARY
SYSTEM
Fig.
4.75
Fig.
4.77
Fig. 4.71
Enterogenous
cyst
of the
ileum.
M/48.
The
small
cyst
in the
ileal wall
had
caused intestinal obstruction.
It
consists
of
a
partial duplication
of the
bowel. Duplications
can
occur
anywhere
along
the
gastrointestinal tract.
They
are
usually short
segment duplications,
and
when they cause symptoms they
are
those
of
obstruction.
Fig. 4.72
Duplication
of the
proximal
portion
of the
ascending
colon.
F/2.
Fig. 4.73
Endometriosis
of the
terminal
ileum.
F/50. This
blood-filled cyst
had
caused intestinal obstruction.
Fig. 4.74
Intestinal
obstruction
with infarction
of a
loop
of
small
bowel caused
by a
fibrous band. M/60.
The
patient
had
had an
appendectomy
25
years
previously.
Fig. 4.75
Gallstone
ileus.
F/77. This woman
had
complained
of
intermittent abdominal pain
for
some months.
She
finally
developed complete obstruction,
the
cause
of
which
was
undiagnosed prior
to
death. There
is an
obstruction
in the
small
intestine with dilatation proximal
to it. The
thickened gallbladder
is
adherent
to the
second part
of the
duodenum
(arrow).
Fig. 4.76
On
opening
the
bowel shown
in
Figure 4.75,
a
single
large
gallstone
was
found
to be the
cause
of the
obstruction.
Fig. 4.77 Same case
as
Figure 4.75.
A
large fistula
was
present
between
the
gallbladder
and the
second part
of the
duodenum.
Repeated
attacks
of
cholecystitis resulted
in
adhesion
of the
gallbladder
to the
duodenum. Necrosis
of the
intervening tissue
allowed
the
gallstone
to
pass into
the
duodenum. Gallstone ileus
and
Richter's hernia
(Figure
4.54)
are
causes
of
difficult-to-
diagnose intermittent abdominal pain
in
elderly patients.
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Fig.
4.76