Background: Although Mirizzi syndrome is widely reported in literature, little is known about acute acalcholous cholecystitis determinig the findings of a Mirizzi syndrome. Case presentation: We report a case of MRCP-confirmed Mirizzi syndrome in acute acalculous cholecystitis resolved by surgery. Conclusion: Acute acalcholosus cholecystitis determinig a Mirizzi Syndrome should be included in the Mirizzi classification as a type 1. Thus it could be useful to divide the type 1 in two entity (compression by stone and compression by enlarged gallbladder). Magnetic Resonance should be considered the preferred diagnostic tool in any case of Mirizzi syndrome suspicious. Keywords: Acute cholecystitis, Mirizzi, Acalcholus, Jaundice, Stone

Acute acalculous cholecystitis determining Mirizzi syndrome: case report and literature review / Musella, Mario; Maietta, P; Guadioso, D; Pisapia, A; Coretti, G; DE PALMA, GIOVANNI DOMENICO; Milone, Marco; Milone, Francesco. - In: BMC SURGERY. - ISSN 1471-2482. - 14:Novembre(2014), pp. 90-4. [10.1186/1471-2482-14-90]

Acute acalculous cholecystitis determining Mirizzi syndrome: case report and literature review.

MUSELLA, MARIO;Maietta P;DE PALMA, GIOVANNI DOMENICO;MILONE, MARCO;MILONE, FRANCESCO
2014

Abstract

Background: Although Mirizzi syndrome is widely reported in literature, little is known about acute acalcholous cholecystitis determinig the findings of a Mirizzi syndrome. Case presentation: We report a case of MRCP-confirmed Mirizzi syndrome in acute acalculous cholecystitis resolved by surgery. Conclusion: Acute acalcholosus cholecystitis determinig a Mirizzi Syndrome should be included in the Mirizzi classification as a type 1. Thus it could be useful to divide the type 1 in two entity (compression by stone and compression by enlarged gallbladder). Magnetic Resonance should be considered the preferred diagnostic tool in any case of Mirizzi syndrome suspicious. Keywords: Acute cholecystitis, Mirizzi, Acalcholus, Jaundice, Stone
2014
Acute acalculous cholecystitis determining Mirizzi syndrome: case report and literature review / Musella, Mario; Maietta, P; Guadioso, D; Pisapia, A; Coretti, G; DE PALMA, GIOVANNI DOMENICO; Milone, Marco; Milone, Francesco. - In: BMC SURGERY. - ISSN 1471-2482. - 14:Novembre(2014), pp. 90-4. [10.1186/1471-2482-14-90]
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