Mirizzi syndrome: History, current knowledge and proposal of a simplified classification

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 4639-4650

  Beltrán, Marcelo A ^a  

^a La Serena Hospital ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Chronic gallbladder disease; Gallstone disease; Mirizzi syndrome

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GALLSTONE ILEUS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 84867706266     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i34.4639     Document Type: Review

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