PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lohani, Ravi
AU  - Mathur, Poorvi
TI  - Intestinal obstruction caused by encircling fallopian tube
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2021-242530
DP  - 2021 Aug 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e242530
VI  - 14
IP  - 8
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/8/e242530.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/8/e242530.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Aug 01; 14
AB  - A 50-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency surgery department with 1-week history of abdominal pain, distension, vomiting and constipation. On examination, she has a distended abdomen with sluggish bowel sounds, but no clinical signs of peritonitis. Blood tests were normal except for the increased white cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). CT scan with oral as well as intravenous contrast demonstrated the small bowel obstruction without any insight into the aetiology of the disease. Intraoperatively, the right fallopian tube was found to encircle the terminal ileum. A right salpingo-oophorectomy was performed to release the bowel. This case report describes a rare cause of the small bowel obstruction in female patients.