Case Report

Radiological diagnosis of gallstone sigmoid ileus or coleus: Case report and literature review

Suman Mewa Kinoo, Vanesha Naidu, Jaynund Maharajh
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 29, No 1 | a3149 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v29i1.3149 | © 2025 Suman Mewa Kinoo, Vanesha Naidu, Jaynund Maharajh | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 02 March 2025 | Published: 19 August 2025

About the author(s)

Suman Mewa Kinoo, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Department of Surgery, Victoria Mxenge Hospital, Durban, South Africa
Vanesha Naidu, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Department of Radiology, Victoria Mxenge Hospital, Durban, South Africa
Jaynund Maharajh, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Department of Radiology, Victoria Mxenge Hospital, Durban, South Africa

Abstract

Gallstone ileus is a mechanical bowel obstruction caused by a gallstone within the intestinal tract. It occurs secondary to a fistulous communication between the gallbladder and intestine and commonly causes a small bowel obstruction termed gallstone ileus. It rarely causes a large bowel obstruction termed gallstone sigmoid ileus (GSI) or gallstone coleus.


Contribution: A case of gallstone sigmoid ileus with typical plain radiography and CT scan findings and a review of different imaging modalities for this condition.


Keywords

gallstone ileus; gallstone sigmoid ileus; gallstone coleus; CT scan; plain radiograph

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