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Please advise what is the difference between choledocholithiasis and mirizzi syndrome?
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Choledocholithiasis: Is a stone or stones in the main duct draining bile from the gallbladder and liver. These may or may not cause blockage of this duct. Mirizzi syndrome is blockage of the same duct by a stone not in the main bile duct but in the smaller (and close by) duct just draining the gallbladder. The blockage is usually from swelling around the stone. See graphic.
Answered 12/18/2014
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