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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 Ali  1 , Sultan Mahmood  2 , William M Tierney  1
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Bouveret syndrome: a tough nut to crack

Ijlal Akbar Ali et al. VideoGIE. .
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Figure 1
CT scan demonstrating choledochoduodenal fistula (yellow arrow) and the large 3-cm gallstone (red arrow).
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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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