Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2007; 13(41): 5527-5529
Published online Nov 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5527
Mirizzi syndrome in an anomalous cystic duct: A case report
Cheol Woong Jung, Byung Wook Min, Tae Jin Song, Gil Soo Son, Hong Sik Lee, Seung Joo Kim, Jun Won Um
Cheol Woong Jung, Byung Wook Min, Tae Jin Song, Gil Soo Son, Seung Joo Kim, Jun Won Um, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, 5-Ga Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea
Hong Sik Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, 5-Ga Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Jun Won Um, MD, Department of Surgery, Korea University Medical Center-Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 516 Gojan-Dong, Danwon-Gu, Ansan City, Kyungki-Do 425-707, Korea. junwonum@korea.ac.kr
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Received: May 8, 2007
Revised: August 17, 2007
Accepted: September 4, 2007
Published online: November 7, 2007
Abstract

Mirizzi syndrome is a rare complication of gallstone disease, and results in partial obstruction of the common bile duct or a cholecystobiliary fistula. Moreover, congenital anatomical variants of the cystic duct are common, occurring in 18%-23% of cases, but Mirizzi syndrome underlying an anomalous cystic duct is an important clinical consideration. Here, we present an unusual case of typeIMirizzi syndrome with an uncommon anomalous cystic duct, namely, a low lateral insertion of the cystic duct with a common sheath of cystic duct and common bile duct.

Keywords: Bile duct diseases and surgery; Cholelithiasis; Cholelithiasis and surgery; Cystic duct; Cholangiography