Author(s)

Luis Daniel Betancourt Martínez^1*, Alberto Manuel González Chávez¹, Mario Andrés González Chávez¹, Jiroyoshi Enrique Muneta Kishigami², Abraham Samra Saad³

¹General Surgery Department, Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico.
²Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico.
³Geriatric Medicine Department, Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico.

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.

Bouveret Syndrome, Gastric Outlet Obstruction, Gallstone, Hydrocholecyst, Cholelithiasis, Gastromegaly

Martínez, L. , Chávez, A. , Chávez, M. , Kishigami, J. and Saad, A. (2021) Gastric Outlet Obstruction by a Hydrocholecyst. A Very Rare Variant of Bouveret Syndrome: A Case Report. Surgical Science, 12, 332-337. doi: 10.4236/ss.2021.129034.