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Incidence and Management of Mirizzi Syndrome

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Abstract

Mirizzi syndrome is a rare clinical entity that is defined as a benign mechanical obstruction of the hepatic duct caused by an impacted gall stone in the gallbladder neck or cystic duct. It includes a wide spectrum of anatomical changes, ranging from simple gallstone impaction with biliary obstruction to complete erosion of the gallbladder wall and hepatic duct with consecutive cholecysto-choledochal fistula formation.

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    Markus K. Müller, Frauke Löhlein & Markus Schäfer

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Müller, M.K., Löhlein, F., Schäfer, M. (2008). Incidence and Management of Mirizzi Syndrome. In: Biliary Lithiasis. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_30

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