Bouveret's syndrome: new cause of double-arch-shadow sign in cholecystosonography

Sáez Garmendia, F.; Lopez Ruiz, J.A.; Martinez Alvarez, A.; Pena Sarnago, J.M.; Calonge Ratia, J.A.; Munoz Dermit, F.

European Journal of Radiology 4(3): 216-218

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0720-048X
PMID: 6468416
Document Number: 229520
A case of Bouveret's syndrome which later presented as a jejunal obstruction is reported. Special reference is made to the echographic findings. Bouveret's syndrome has a double-arch-shadow image in the zone of the gallbladder bed on ultrasound examination. So far, this sign has been considered specific for gallstones inside the gallbladder.

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