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Gastroenterology Medicine & Research

Uncommon but Need-To-Know Benign Biliary Complications of Cholelithiasis

Submission: January 23, 2019;Published: February 13, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/GMR.2019.02.000548

ISSN 2637-7632
Volume2 Issue5

Abstract

Cholelithiasis is a prevalent pathology that is the origin of a group of benign biliary tract diseases among which acute cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, acute cholangitis and acute biliary pancreatitis are the most frequent. However, there are uncommon benign biliary tract diseases derived from cholelithiasis that need to be known and suspected in order to obtain an early diagnosis and treatment, such as Mirizzi and Bouveret syndromes. We present a brief review of both entities from two clinical cases of patients recently admitted to our unit.

Keywords: Mirizzi syndrome; Bouveret syndrome; Cholelithiasis; Colecistoduodenal fistula; NMR; ERCP; Cholelithiasis; Gastroscopy; Lithotripsy

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