Bouveret's syndrome as an unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction: a case report

An 83 year old caucasian gentleman presented with vomiting and left sided abdominal pain. A subsequent upper GI endoscopy demonstrated a large smooth mass impacted within the duodenum. A cholecysto-duodenal fistula was discovered at laparotomy, with a large gallstone impacted in the duodenum. A diag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Joshi, Deepak, Vosough, Ali, Raymond, Tom M, Fox, Chris, Dhiman, Arun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2034582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17760995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-73
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Sumario:An 83 year old caucasian gentleman presented with vomiting and left sided abdominal pain. A subsequent upper GI endoscopy demonstrated a large smooth mass impacted within the duodenum. A cholecysto-duodenal fistula was discovered at laparotomy, with a large gallstone impacted in the duodenum. A diagnosis of Bouveret's syndrome was made. The management of this rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction is discussed.

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