Bouveret syndrome in a cholecystoduodenal fistula

Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia; Marco Le Grazie; Federica Gaiani; Raffaele Dalla Valle; Gian Luigi de'Angelis

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3958

Bouveret syndrome in a cholecystoduodenal fistula

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 27;9(4):2485-2486. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3958. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia¹, Marco Le Grazie¹, Federica Gaiani^{1

2}, Raffaele Dalla Valle³, Gian Luigi de'Angelis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit University Hospital of Parma, University of Parma Parma Italy.
² Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma Parma Italy.
³ Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma Parma Italy.

Abstract

The treatment of Bouveret syndrome lacks specific guidelines and is strictly interdisciplinary. Especially, if electrohydraulic lithotripsy is not available and endoscopic removal fails, a timely surgical approach is advised.

Keywords: bouveret syndrome; endoscopy; fistula; gastric outlet obstruction; gastrointestinal surgery.