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Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus

Bouveret’s syndrome is a rare variant of gallstone ileus characterized by a gastric outlet obstruction due to the impaction of a gallstone lodged in the duodenum, resulting from a cholecystoduodenal fistula. It accounts for only one to three percent of cases of gallstone ileus. We examine a case of...

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Autores principales: Shah, Farhan A, Winkle, S. M, Truitt, Tyler, Guez, Gilad, Draper, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14042
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author Shah, Farhan A
Winkle, S. M
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Draper, Kevin
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description Bouveret’s syndrome is a rare variant of gallstone ileus characterized by a gastric outlet obstruction due to the impaction of a gallstone lodged in the duodenum, resulting from a cholecystoduodenal fistula. It accounts for only one to three percent of cases of gallstone ileus. We examine a case of Bouveret syndrome in an elderly Japanese female who presented with vomiting and decreased oral intake. Subsequent imaging found a gallstone ileus due to a bilioduodenal fistula. She underwent exploratory laparotomy enterolithotomy which found a large black gallstone located in the small bowel and confirmed the presence of the fistula. Despite its relative rarity, Bouveret syndrome carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-80596692021-04-23 Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus Shah, Farhan A Winkle, S. M Truitt, Tyler Guez, Gilad Draper, Kevin Cureus Internal Medicine Bouveret’s syndrome is a rare variant of gallstone ileus characterized by a gastric outlet obstruction due to the impaction of a gallstone lodged in the duodenum, resulting from a cholecystoduodenal fistula. It accounts for only one to three percent of cases of gallstone ileus. We examine a case of Bouveret syndrome in an elderly Japanese female who presented with vomiting and decreased oral intake. Subsequent imaging found a gallstone ileus due to a bilioduodenal fistula. She underwent exploratory laparotomy enterolithotomy which found a large black gallstone located in the small bowel and confirmed the presence of the fistula. Despite its relative rarity, Bouveret syndrome carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Cureus 2021-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8059669/ /pubmed/33898128 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14042 Text en Copyright © 2021, Shah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Shah, Farhan A
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Guez, Gilad
Draper, Kevin
Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus
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title_short Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus
title_sort bouveret syndrome: a rare form of gallstone ileus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14042
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