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  • Title: Enterolith: an unusual cause of afferent loop obstruction.
    Author: Tien YW, Lee PH, Chang KJ.
    Journal: Am J Gastroenterol; 1999 May; 94(5):1391-2. PubMed ID: 10235224.
    Abstract:
    Most cases of enterolith have been reported in association with the diverticula of small bowel. We report here a case of a patient in whom a huge enterolith developed in the afferent loop of Billroth II anastomosis with ensuing obturation obstruction. The enterolith was clearly shown on the preoperative abdominal computed tomograph and was removed through a duodenotomy. The postulated mechanism of the enterolith formation is impaired duodenal evacuatory motor activity due to previous gastrectomy.
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