Mirizzi Syndrome

01/01/2001 - "Primary entities involving the cystic duct include calculous disease, Mirizzi syndrome, cystic duct-duodenal fistula, biliary obstruction, neoplasia, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. "
03/01/2003 - "These patients had strictures of various origins: postsurgical, postlocal not surgical treatments, associated with gallstones, due to primary sclerosing cholangitis and to Mirizzi's syndrome. "
01/01/2008 - "Provided that between 8% and 43% of bile duct strictures are not ECC, the lesions mimicking ECC that should be ruled out are gallbladder cancer, Mirizzi syndrome, primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune pancreatitis and portal biliopathy. "
05/01/2014 - "Benign causes of bile duct strictures include iatrogenic causes, acute or chronic pancreatitis, choledocholithiasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis, liver transplantation, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, Mirizzi syndrome, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cholangiopathy, and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. "
07/01/2008 - "Mimics of cholangiocarcinoma constitute a heterogeneous group of entities that includes primary sclerosing cholangitis, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cholangiopathy, autoimmune pancreatitis, inflammatory pseudotumor, Mirizzi syndrome, xanthogranulomatous cholangitis, sarcoidosis, chemotherapy-induced sclerosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, metastases, melanoma, lymphoma, leukemia, and carcinoid tumors. "

05/01/2015 - "A surgery was performed and the final pathologic diagnosis is a complication of Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis with Mirizzi syndrome. "
05/01/2015 - "A complication of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis with Mirizzi syndrome."
01/01/1997 - "Mirizzi syndrome caused by xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: report of a case."

02/01/1999 - "Metastatic bile duct tumors that mimic Mirizzi's syndrome have not been previously reported. "
06/07/2005 - "To describe the use of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) as an alternative to open conversion for complex gall-stone diseases, including Mirizzi syndrome (MS) and mimic MS. Five patients with MS and mimic MS of 232 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies were analyzed. "

12/01/2006 - "Indications were previous lesions of the common bile duct after laparoscopic (n = 10) or open cholecystectomy (n = 5), common bile duct resections in cholangiocellular carcinoma and gallbladder carcinoma with unclear intraoperative safety margins (n = 4), malignant granulosa cell tumour and simultaneous cholangiocellular carcinoma, focal nodal hyperplasia, Mirizzi-syndrome, cystadenoma of the pancreas head, cyst of ecchinococus granulosos and one patient with intrahepatic recurrent stone formation after orthotopic liver transplantation. "
03/01/2003 - "Fourteen patients had benign disease: benign strictures (n = 5), primary sclerosing cholangitis (n = 5), chronic Mirizzi's syndrome (n = 1), varicosities of the parabiliary venous plexus (n = 1), and inflammatory liver lesions (n = 2). "

01/01/1997 - "Tumor-associated antigen CA 19-9 level was elevated in 12 patients with Mirizzi syndrome, but it was significantly higher (p < 0.0001) in all five patients with coincidental gallbladder neoplasm and peaked at 1000 units/ml. All patients diagnosed with gallbladder carcinoma died within 18 months after operation. "

12/01/2002 - "In the patient with Mirizzi's syndrome the plastic stent could not be dislodged. "

07/01/1976 - "In a patient with obstructive jaundice, extrinsic compression of the common bile duct (Mirizzi syndrome) due to squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder was documented with the combination of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and pancreatography (ERCP) and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC)."

11/01/2013 - "Traditional risk factors such as porcelain gallbladder, Mirizzi's syndrome and bile reflux remain important as predisposing factors. "

01/01/2012 - "We present the case of a 44-year-old Asian man with Mirizzi's syndrome who was initially diagnosed as having cholangiocarcinoma based on his clinical presentation, raised cancer antigen 19-9 levels and radiological findings. "

03/01/1994 - "Strictures were benign in 22 patients (12 pancreatitis, 5 sclerosing cholangitis, 3 Mirizzi syndrome, and 2 papillitis) and malignant in 52 patients (29 pancreatic carcinoma, 10 cholangiocarcinoma, 6 metastatic disease, 4 pancreatic mucinous ductal ectasia, 1 ampullary carcinoma, and 2 non-functioning islet cell tumors). "

10/01/2012 - "Cholecystectomy also has been shown to be effective for type I Mirizzi syndrome. "
07/01/1994 - "Even though the surgical approach to Mirizzi syndrome generally includes procedures other than papillosphincteroplasty+partial cholecystectomy, our experience seems to substantiate the efficacy of the previously mentioned treatment under suitable conditions."
01/25/1998 - "The present study was undertaken to elucidate the applicability of microlaparotomy cholecystectomy in the management of Mirizzi's syndrome. "
01/01/1997 - "The present study was undertaken to elucidate the applicability of microlaparotomy cholecystectomy in the management of Mirizzi's syndrome."
12/01/2014 - "One patient was converted to an open cholecystectomy because of Mirizzi syndrome. "

07/01/2011 - "Peroral cholangioscopy-directed lithotripsy (PC-directed lithotripsy) has been successfully used for the treatment of difficult bile duct stones, including Mirizzi syndrome (MS). "
07/01/2011 - "Long-term follow-up after peroral cholangioscopy-directed lithotripsy in patients with difficult bile duct stones, including Mirizzi syndrome: an analysis of risk factors predicting stone recurrence."
07/01/1993 - "Endoscopic treatment of the Mirizzi syndrome with electrohydraulic lithotripsy seems to be an effective and relatively safe alternative to surgery."
11/01/1988 - "Endoscopic gallbladder catheterisation and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in the management of Mirizzi's syndrome."
09/01/2004 - "Although the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for treatment of bile duct calculi is established, there are few studies of the value of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for cystic duct remnant stones and for Mirizzi syndrome. "

01/01/2013 - "We present the case of a patient who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for Mirizzi syndrome. "
01/01/2011 - "Therefore in Mirizzi's syndrome before carrying out laparoscopic cholecystectomy a careful diagnostic approach is essential. "
10/01/2010 - "We report a case of postcholecystectomy Mirizzi's syndrome that developed 3 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. "
10/01/2008 - "One patient with type I Mirizzi syndrome according to the Csendes classification successfully underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. "
09/01/2006 - "Over a period of 24 months, five cases of Mirizzi's syndrome were encountered, representing 1.5% of all the laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed in the authors' unit. "

10/01/2014 - "The Mirizzi's syndrome is a rarely observed disorder that refers to common hepatic duct obstruction caused by an extrinsic compression from an impacted stone in the cystic duct or Hartmann's pouch of the gallbladder. "
05/01/2013 - "Mirizzi syndrome is a complication of gallbladder stones impacted in Hartmann's pouch or cystic duct with compression of the bile duct. "
01/01/2013 - "Mirizzi syndrome (MS) represents an uncommon clinical condition, being characterized by a narrowing of the common hepatic duct or its erosion by stones impacted in the cystic duct or gallbladder Hartman's pouch. "
04/01/2002 - "The reasons for FFD were dense adhesions preventing the exposure of the cystic pedicle in 14 cases, large Hartmann's pouch stones in 10 cases, short dilated cystic ducts in six cases, and Mirizzi syndrome in three cases. "
01/01/1995 - "The Mirizzi syndrome describes a benign obstruction of the common hepatic duct due to a stone impacted within the cystic duct or in the Hartman's pouch of the gall bladder. "

05/01/2009 - "How to avoid unnecessary laparotomies in Mirizzi syndrome?"
08/01/2007 - "Laparotomy revealed type II Mirizzi syndrome. "
05/01/2007 - "Exploratory laparotomy revealed a mass in the gallbladder neck with extension into the cystic duct akin to Mirizzi's syndrome. "
01/01/1997 - "Micro and minilaparotomy surgery in the treatment of Mirizzi's syndrome."
02/01/2006 - "On laparotomy, the patient was found to have Mirizzi syndrome, an uncommon cause of biliary obstruction from an impacted gallstone. "