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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2015; 25(01): 31-34
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.150136
Abdominal Radiology

Bouveret syndrome: Primary demonstration of cholecystoduodenal fistula on MR and MRCP study

Rajkumar Singh Negi
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, India
,
Mukesh Chandra
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, India
,
Rajiv Kapur
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Bouveret syndrome is an unusual complication of cholelithiasis which results in upper gastrointestinal obstruction due to a gallstone impacted in the duodenum through a bilio-enteric fistula. We present this rare entity which was primarily diagnosed on magnetic resonance (MR) and MR cholangiopancreaticography (MRCP) study.

Keywords

Bouveret syndrome - cholecystoduodenal fistula - magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography - magnetic resonance imaging - MRCP - MRI


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Article published online:
30 July 2021

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