Gallstone ileus as a cause of small bowel obstruction … is not that rare but large bowel obstruction….?

Seema Biswas
Editor-in-Chief

Large bowel obstruction due to impaction of a gallstone

Elderly patients with bowel obstruction frequently present with cardiovascular complications that introduce an added challenge in their management. Here the authors describe an unusual presentation of a caecal carcinoma in a patient with concomitant atrial fibrillation.

Seema Biswas
Editor-in-Chief

Fast atrial fibrillation and caecal volvulus – a case report and evidence based management

How common is a stricture in the ascending colon? Surely at colonoscopy this is worthy of biopsy? An interesting read…causes of bowel obstruction in immunocompromised patients…

Seema Biswas
Editor-in-Chief

Disseminated histoplasma and CMV infection presenting as subacute intestinal obstruction in an immunocompromised patient

We all learned that causes of bowel obstruction may be defined as in the wall, inside the lumen and outside the wall. Here is a collection of cases where the causes and consequences are slightly more unusual than adhesions, hernia and carcinoma…

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Imaging the acute abdomen invariably reveals surprising diagnoses. Here are some exceptional images in the investigation of small bowel obstruction…

Seema Biswas
Editor-in-Chief

Gallstone ileus