Endoscopic Diagnosis of Bouveret Syndrome

Bouveret syndrome is a form of gallstone ileus and a rare complication of chole(cysto)lithiasis. It describes gastric outlet obstruction secondary to an impacted gallstone. Here, we report a case of an 82-year-old female patient with gastric outlet obstruction and penetration of gallstones into the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hesse, Felix, Abdelhafez, Mohamed, Schlag, Christoph, Schmid, Roland M., Lahmer, Tobias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
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Single Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000510162
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Sumario:Bouveret syndrome is a form of gallstone ileus and a rare complication of chole(cysto)lithiasis. It describes gastric outlet obstruction secondary to an impacted gallstone. Here, we report a case of an 82-year-old female patient with gastric outlet obstruction and penetration of gallstones into the duodenal bulb on endoscopic imaging. Based on these findings Bouveret syndrome was diagnosed and confirmed by computed tomography.

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