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. 2019 Jan 18;4(3):126-127.

doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.11.007. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Bouveret syndrome: a tough nut to crack

Ijlal Akbar Ali¹, Sultan Mahmood², William M Tierney¹

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
² Marshfield Clinic Gastroenterology, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.

PMID: 30899891
PMCID: PMC6408930
DOI: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.11.007

Bouveret syndrome: a tough nut to crack

Ijlal Akbar Ali et al. VideoGIE. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 18;4(3):126-127.

doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.11.007. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Authors

Ijlal Akbar Ali¹, Sultan Mahmood², William M Tierney¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
² Marshfield Clinic Gastroenterology, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.

PMID: 30899891
PMCID: PMC6408930
DOI: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.11.007

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Figure 1
CT scan demonstrating choledochoduodenal fistula (yellow arrow) and the large 3-cm gallstone (red arrow).

Figure 2
Successful endoscopic removal of gallstone. A, Gallstone impacted in duodenal bulb with fistula at 5’o clock position. B, Electrohydrolithotripsy probe used to fracture stone. C, Fistulous connection demonstrating (yellow arrow) after complete removal of stone.

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