Why has this 70-year-old woman with gallstones had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 days? That is the diagnostic dilemma faced by Francesco Pata, MD, PhD, of Università della ...

THE combination of gallstone ileus, volvulus of the small intestine, incarcerated femoral hernia and diffuse peritonitis is sufficiently unusual to warrant a report. The probable sequence of events in ...

Peter Kvapil, MD, Fellow in Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Richard Goodgame, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine ...

Bouveret's syndrome represents a rare variant of gallstone ileus, where a large gallstone migrates from the gallbladder via a bilioenteric fistula and becomes impacted in the duodenum or stomach, ...

Franklin G. Balch, Jr., M.D. Assistant in surgery, Harvard Medical School. Assistant surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

Gallstones are more common in adults than children, but the frequency of gallstones in children has increased over the past few decades. Some children may experience abdominal pain, especially in the ...

Surgery is the most effective treatment for gallstones. Nonsurgical treatments are options if surgery is too risky. Healthy ...