RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intestinal obstruction caused by encircling fallopian tube
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e242530
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-242530
VO 14
IS 8
A1 Lohani, Ravi
A1 Mathur, Poorvi
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/8/e242530.abstract
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.