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Case Reports
. 2009 Feb;52(1):E16-8.

Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to biliary calculi: 2 cases of Bouveret syndrome

Craig O'Neill  1 , Patrick Colquhoun, Christopher M Schlachta, Roya Etemad-Rezai, Shiva Jayaraman
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Case Reports

Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to biliary calculi: 2 cases of Bouveret syndrome

Craig O'Neill et al. Can J Surg. 2009 Feb.
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Fig. 1. Cross-sectional images show (a) a fistula extending from the gallbladder wall to the bulb of the duodenum (arrow), (b) intrahepatic pneumobilia (arrow) and (c) a large calculus obstructing the second part of the duodenum (arrow). (d) Coronal reconstruction demonstrates a large obstructing calculus in the second part of the duodenum (thin arrow) along with a prominent cholecystoduodenal fistula (thick arrow).
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Fig. 2. Cross-sectional image (a) and coronal reconstruction (b) demonstrate a large calculus impacted in the third part of the duodenum (arrows). (c) Intraoperative photograph shows a 6-cm gallstone, which was extracted from the second part of the duodenum.
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