Sabrine Soua
Department of Gastroenterology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Publications
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Case Report
Bouveret Syndrome : The Rare Challenging Case of the Day
Author(s): Sabrine Soua*, Mohamed Ghanem, Mohamed Morched Abdesselem and Mohamed Riadh Bouali
Bouveret syndrome is an extremely rare disease. We report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented to our department with acute vomiting. An upper digestive endoscopy was first done, revealing an enclaved gallstone in the second duodenum. Cross- sectional imaging was then performed to confirm the correct diagnosis of Bouveret's syndrome. Through a medline incision, cholecystectomy and extraction of the gallstone were done and the patient was discharged seven days after the operation with a good clinical outcome... Read More»