The Mirizzi syndrome.
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Mirizzi Syndrome
The Mirizzi syndrome refers to benign obstruction of the common hepatic duct by a stone impacted within the neck or cystic duct of the gallbladder, which causes extrinsic compression of the common hepatic duct and obstructive jaundice. Although a rare cause of obstructive jaundice, it remains a clinically and surgically challenging problem. Five patients with the Mirizzi syndrome were culled fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.862.487