Unspecific abdominal symptoms and pneumobilia: a rare case of gastrointestinal obstruction

Publikation

Unspecific abdominal symptoms and pneumobilia: a rare case of gastrointestinal obstruction

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 14.06.2014

Keller Martina, Epp Carola, Meyenberger Christa, Sulz Michael

Zitation

Keller M, Epp C, Meyenberger C, Sulz M. Unspecific abdominal symptoms and pneumobilia: a rare case of gastrointestinal obstruction. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2014; 8:216-20.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Case Rep Gastroenterol 2014; 8

Veröffentlichungsdatum

14.06.2014

eISSN (Online)

1662-0631

Seiten

216-20

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

The case of a 77-year-old woman with symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction is presented. Transabdominal ultrasonography findings were suspicious of Bouveret's syndrome. Upper endoscopy confirmed this diagnosis. Bouveret's syndrome is a rare complication of gallstone disease caused by a bilioenteric fistula leading to gastric outlet obstruction by a gallstone and should be suspected in any patient who presents with pneumobilia without recent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or biliary surgery.