Bouveret Syndrome or 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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متن کاملRecurrent gallstone ileus.
Mechanical small bowel obstructions caused by gallstones account for 1% to 3% of cases. In these patients, 80% to 90% of residual gallstones in these patients will pass through a remaining fistula without consequence. Recurrent gallstone ileus has been reported in 5% of patients. We report the case of a woman, aged 72 years, who presented with mechanical small bowel obstruction caused by gallst...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.10.044