Bouveret Syndrome - An Exceptional Complication of a Very Frequent Disease

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Bouveret Syndrome - An Exceptional Complication of a Very Frequent Disease

Daniel Gavrila, Cosmin Galusca, Madalina Berbecel, Mirela Boros, Traian Dumitrascu
Image Quiz for surgeons, no. 3, 2016
The Bouveret syndrome is an exceptional complication of the gallbladder lithiasis. Hereby it is described the case of a patient with a history of gallstones complicated on the long-term outcome with gastric outlet obstruction, due to a large gallstone of the duodenum, migrated via a cholecysto-duodenal fistula. The clinical, radiological features and the patient management are described.