Síndrome de Bouveret: descripción de 5 casos

Bouveret syndrome and its imaging diagnosis

“…Rigler's triad is most commonly seen on tomography scans, on which aerobic and gastric chamber dilatation are easily identified and the fistula can be diagnosed after administration of oral contrast, characterizing its leakage, or indirectly by the identification of contrast enhancement within the gallbladder ( 3 ) . Although prompt diagnosis can promote the rapid extraction of a gallstone, mortality remains relatively high, especially among elderly patients and patients with comorbidities, because the extraction requires surgical intervention ( 6 , 7 ) .…”