[Antropyloric lithiasic obstruction. A variant of Bouveret's syndrome]

Chirurgie. 1991;117(5-6):417-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report about one case of cholecystoduodenal fistula complicated by antropyloric lithiasic obstruction, which was treated surgically with gastrotomy and extraction of the calculus, in an 82-year-old woman. This case represents an anatomic variant of Bouveret's syndrome, which is classically defined as a duodenal lithiasic obstruction. On the basis of this case, the authors discuss the diagnostic and possibly therapeutic merits of digestive endoscopy and define the main clinical, anatomical and evolutive characteristics of this unfrequent complication of biliary lithiasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Barium Sulfate
  • Biliary Fistula / etiology*
  • Calculi / diagnosis
  • Calculi / etiology*
  • Cholelithiasis / complications*
  • Duodenal Obstruction / etiology
  • Enema
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pyloric Antrum
  • Stomach Diseases / diagnosis
  • Stomach Diseases / etiology*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate