Small bowel obstruction secondary to gallstone ileus accounts for about 0.3% to 0.5 % of all patients with gallstone disease. Formation of primary intestinal stones causing obstruction and requiring laparotomy is very rare, and the presence of the diverticula adjacent to the stone precipitating in the stone formation is a rare phenomenon. A rare case of primary enterolith and jejunal diverticula is presented here. An older women presented with small bowel obstruction found to have dual pathology; operated for removal of stone and had uneventful recovery.
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