Acute acalculous cholecystitis simulating Mirizzi syndrome: A very rare condition

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-189

  Ahlawat, Sushil K ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; Cholecystitis; Mirizzi syndrome

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 63249121722     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818346ad     Document Type: Article

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