Endoscopic Diagnosis of Bouveret Syndrome

Felix Hesse; Mohamed Abdelhafez; Christoph Schlag; Roland M Schmid; Tobias Lahmer

doi:10.1159/000510162

Endoscopic Diagnosis of Bouveret Syndrome

Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2020 Dec 14;14(3):683-686. doi: 10.1159/000510162. eCollection 2020 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Felix Hesse¹, Mohamed Abdelhafez¹, Christoph Schlag¹, Roland M Schmid¹, Tobias Lahmer¹

Affiliation

¹ Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bouveret syndrome; Cholelithiasis; Endoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports