Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity
Bouveret’s syndrome is an uncommon disease characterised by gastro-duodenal obstruction caused by an impacted gallstone in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Here we submit a letter to the editor in response to an article published by Gandhi and Jani (2018) entitled ‘Rare cause of gastric outlet obst...
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2018-05-01
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| description | Bouveret’s syndrome is an uncommon disease characterised by gastro-duodenal obstruction caused by an impacted gallstone in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Here we submit a letter to the editor in response to an article published by Gandhi and Jani (2018) entitled ‘Rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction’ where we raise three points of contention that readers should take into consideration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca6a9778b02f4e69819fd3ad0be5ae1d2023-01-02T14:34:30ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662018-05-018317017110.1080/20009666.2018.14785651478565Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and SensitivityJohn Ong0Carla Swift1Sharon Ong2University of CambridgeAddenbrooke’s Cambridge University HospitalSingapore General HospitalBouveret’s syndrome is an uncommon disease characterised by gastro-duodenal obstruction caused by an impacted gallstone in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Here we submit a letter to the editor in response to an article published by Gandhi and Jani (2018) entitled ‘Rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction’ where we raise three points of contention that readers should take into consideration.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1478565Bouveret’s syndromegallstone ileusgallstonesgastric outlet obstructionduodenal obstruction |
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| title | Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity |
| title_full | Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity |
| title_short | Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity |
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| topic | Bouveret’s syndrome gallstone ileus gallstones gastric outlet obstruction duodenal obstruction |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1478565 |
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