TITLE:
Gastric Outlet Obstruction by a Hydrocholecyst. A Very Rare Variant of Bouveret Syndrome: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Luis Daniel Betancourt Martínez, Alberto Manuel González Chávez, Mario Andrés González Chávez, Jiroyoshi Enrique Muneta Kishigami, Abraham Samra Saad
KEYWORDS:
Bouveret Syndrome, Gastric Outlet Obstruction, Gallstone, Hydrocholecyst, Cholelithiasis, Gastromegaly
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.12 No.9,
September
30,
2021
ABSTRACT: It is estimated that between 0.3% - 0.5% of patients with cholelithiasis
have biliary ileus, of this small proportion, only between 1% - 3%
is complicated by the syndrome described in 1896 by Leon Bouveret. Bouveret
syndrome refers to the obstruction of the gastric outlet tract secondary to the
passage and impactation of a gallstone in the duodenum, through a
cholecystoduodenal fistula. It is most common in women, between the ages of 74
- 77 and is clinically characterized by pain, bloating, incoercible vomiting
and anorexia.