Exceptional Mirizzi syndrome in a young child: A laparoscopic approach

• Main Authors: Marcos Prada-Arias (Author), José Luis Vázquez-Castelo (Author), Patricia Blanco-Lobato (Author), Javier Gómez-Veiras (Author), Margarita Montero-Sánchez (Author), Juan Manuel Vieito-Fuentes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mirizzi syndrome is defined as an obstruction of the hepatic duct by an impacted biliary stone in the Hartmann's pouch of the gallbladder or in the cystic duct (Mirizzi type I). The gallstone may erode the bile duct causing a cholecystobiliary fistula (Mirizzi type II). This very rare complicat...