Bouveret’s Syndrome: Sense and Sensitivity

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Bouveret’s syndrome
• gallstone ileus
• gallstones
• gastric outlet obstruction
• duodenal obstruction