CASE REPORT

A 'wandering' gallstone

M Kuehnast^I; T Sewchuran^II; S Andronikou^III

^IMB ChB, DA (SA); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg
^IIMB ChB; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg
^IIIMB BCh, FCRad (SA), FRCR (Lond), PhD, Visiting Professor; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg

ABSTRACT

When all three of the features of Rigler's triad are present on an abdominal radiograph, the cause of a small-bowel obstruction can be identified.

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