On the example of a typical case of Mirizzi’s syndrome the authors demonstrate the clinical and in particular radiological diagnosis of this rather uncommoncause of obstructive jaundice. At the same time they discuss methods of surgical treatment of this syndrome used to remove the compressing bile stone and to reconstruct the bile ducts in the hilus of the liver.

        Key words: Mirizzi’s syndrome - stenosis of the hepatic ducts - cholelithiasis - cholangiography - ultrasonography of the biliary pathways