Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus
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Bouveret syndrome: an infrequent presentation of gallstone ileus.
We report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a personal background of hypertension and peptic ulcer with a 5-days history of constipation, vomiting and abdominal pain. Simple radiology and abdominal computed tomography were performed, finding a great dilatation of the stomach until the first portion of the duodenum. The obstruction was due to a gallstone obstruction in the second portion of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14042