Acute acalculous cholecystitis determining Mirizzi syndrome: case report and literature review.
Although Mirizzi syndrome is widely reported in literature, little is known about acute acalcholous cholecystitis determinig the findings of a Mirizzi syndrome.



We report a case of MRCP-confirmed Mirizzi syndrome in acute acalculous cholecystitis resolved by surgery.



Acute acalcholosus cholecystitis determinig a Mirizzi Syndrome should be included in the Mirizzi classification as a type 1. Thus it could be useful to divide the type 1 in two entity (compression by stone and compression by enlarged gallbladder). Magnetic Resonance should be considered the preferred diagnostic tool in any case of Mirizzi syndrome suspicious.
University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, Naples 80131, Italy. milone.marco@alice.it.
Marco
M
Milone
Mario
M
Musella
Paola
P
Maietta
Dario
D
Gaudioso
Anna
A
Pisapia
Guido
G
Coretti
Giovanni
G
De Palma
Francesco
F
Milone
D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057792:Mirizzi Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery