Ludwig Courvoisier
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843 - 1918) was a Swiss surgeon. Courvoisier Sign (1890)
Gallstone ileus
Rigler triad
Rigler triad; Imaging findings in patients with gallstone ileus with an ectopic gallstone causing small bowel obstruction, and pneumobilia
History of the gallstone ileus
Epidemiology Aetiology & Pathophysiology Key Imaging Features (Rigler’s Triad) Sensitivity increases when all three features are present; however, only 14–53% of cases demonstrate the full triad on plain films . History of the gallstone ileus 1654 – The first case…
CT Case 092
A 92-year-old man presented to emergency with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. He had been experiencing 24 hours of abdominal pain
Léon Bouveret
Léon Bouveret (1850-1929) was a French internal medicine physician. Eponymous terms Maladie de Bouveret (1889) and Bouveret Syndrome (1895)
Thomas Bartholin
Thomas Bartholin (1616 – 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician and theologian. Trisomy 13 (Bartholin-Patau syndrome - 1657), Refrigeration anaesthesia (1661)
Ultrasound Case 032
A 67 year old man has been unwell for 10 days. He had some right upper quadrant pain, fevers, and then in that last 3 days has had abdominal distension, vomiting and has stopped passing stool or flatus. You suspect bowel obstruction.