Bouveret Syndrome
Description
Bouveret syndrome: rare form of gastric outlet obstruction following the passage of a gallstone from the gallbladder to the duodenum or pylorus through a bilioenteric fistula
History of Bouveret Syndrome
1770 Beaussier
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English
La vésicule du fiel communique par son corps, avec l’orifice inférieur de l’estomac… Le canal cholédoque est plus long & plus épais qu’il ne doit être ; il se trouve obstrué vers l’extrémité où il entre dans le duodenum…
Il reste à savoir si l’oblitération de ce canal est naturelle, ou si quelque maladie n’a point ouvert la vésicule, peut-être déjà attachée à l’estomac ; c’est ce qu’aucune maladie ni aucun accident n’ont annoncé pendant le cours d’une vie de soixante ans. – Beaussier 1770
The gallbladder communicates directly with the lower orifice of the stomach… The common bile duct is longer and thicker than usual; it is obstructed near the point it enters the duodenum.
It remains to be determined whether the obliteration of this duct is natural, or whether some disease opened the gallbladder, perhaps already attached to the stomach. This is uncertain, as no illness or accident indicated such a condition during a 60-year lifetime. – Beaussier 1770
1841 – Auguste Bernard Bonnet (1791-1873)
1841 Bonnet presented the first case of duodenal obstruction (gallstone impaction in the duodenal bulb)
1890 Courvoisier published the first 131 cases of gallstone ileus, secondary to gallbladderduodenal fistul
1896 Bouveret
Associated Persons
- Léon Bouveret (1850-1929)
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References
Historical references
- Bouveret L. Traité des maladies de l’estomac, Paris: J.-B. Baillière 1893
- Bouveret L. Sténose du pylore adhérent à la vésicule calculeuse, Revue de médecine, Paris 1896; 16: 1-16
Eponymous term review
- Beaussier. Autre observation. Journal de médecine, chirurgie, pharmacie, &c. 1770; 32: 163-165
- Velasco Suarez C, Bazterrica E. Sindrome de Bouveret; a propésito de una nueva observacién. Archivos españoles de enfermedades del aparato digestivo y de la nutrición 1937; 13: 55-62
- Kosorok P. Bouveret’s syndrome (gallstone ileus)–a minefield. Br J Clin Pract. 1996 Jan-Feb;50(1):59-60
- Ariche A, Czeiger D, Gortzak Y, Shaked G, Shelef I, Levy I. Gastric outlet obstruction by gallstone: Bouveret syndrome. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2000 Jul;35(7):781-3.
- Cappell MS, Davis M. Characterization of Bouveret’s syndrome: a comprehensive review of 128 cases. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep;101(9):2139-46.
- Doycheva I, Limaye A, Suman A, Forsmark CE, Sultan S. Bouveret’s syndrome: case report and review of the literature. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2009;2009:914951.
- Beuran M, Ivanov I, Venter MD. Gallstone ileus–clinical and therapeutic aspects. J Med Life. 2010 Oct-Dec;3(4):365-71
- Bruni SG, Pickup M, Thorpe D. Bouveret’s syndrome-a rare form of gallstone ileus causing death: appearance on post-mortem CT and MRI. BJR Case Rep. 2017 May 20;3(3):20170032.
- Caldwell KM, Lee SJ, Leggett PL, Bajwa KS, Mehta SS, Shah SK. Bouveret syndrome: current management strategies. Clin Exp Gastroenterol. 2018 Feb 15;11:69-75.
- Philipose J, Khan HM, Ahmed M, Idiculla PS, Andrawes S. Bouveret’s Syndrome. Cureus. 2019 Apr 9;11(4):e4414.
- Osman KT, Wahba A, Farhoud A, Abdelfattah AM, Maselli DB. Bouveret’s Syndrome: An Extensive Summary of the Literature. Arch Gastroenterol Res. 2020; 1(2): 40-46.
- Zheng B, Li C, Wang S. Cholecystogastric fistula presenting as pyloric obstruction: A rare case of Bouveret syndrome. Asian J Surg. 2022 Jan;45(1):635-636.
- Jin L, Naidu K. Bouveret syndrome-a rare form of gastric outlet obstruction. J Surg Case Rep. 2021 May 19;2021(5):rjab183
- Nasser HA, Ibrahim N, Nasser AA, Mendes VM, Zein M. Gastric outlet obstruction – looking for a syndrome: Bouveret or Mirizzi? Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Jul;84:106098.
- Turner AR, Kudaravalli P, Ahmad H. Bouveret Syndrome. 2021
- Bhandari TR, Wong JLH, Ahmad J, Akbari K, Menon V. Bouveret’s syndrome: An old diagnosis. A modern multimodality approach (endoscopic and robotic surgical) of gastric outlet obstruction: Report of two cases. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Jan;114:109134.
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