Complicated endoscopic management of Bouveret's syndrome. A case report and review.
A rare case of gastric outlet obstruction due to a large gallstone (Bouveret's syndrome) presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting is reported. The endoscopic management of the gallstone was unsuccessful because of the size of the stone that got stuck in oesophagus. The final management of the patient was surgical and the gallstone was retrieved via a gastrotomy. The case report is followed by a brief review of Bouveret's syndrome.
Moschos
John
J
Gastroenterology Department, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. gut@in.gr
Pilpilidis
Ioannis
I
Antonopoulos
Zissis
Z
Paikos
Dimitrios
D
Tzilves
Dimitrios
D
Kadis
Savvas
S
Katsos
Ioannis
I
Tarpagos
Anestis
A
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology