Cholelithiasis in a Duplicated Gallbladder
Author(s) -
Clifford Asbury
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of diagnostic medical sonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 8756-4793
pISSN - 1552-5430
DOI - 10.1177/8756479307308187
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , cholecystectomy , general surgery , gallbladder disease , radiology , surgery
Duplication of the gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly. This report describes a case of duplicated gallbladder with symptomatic cholelithiasis. In this case, the patient underwent cholecystectomy, with pathologic confirmation of two gallbladder cavities, both containing mulberry calculi. Sonography is important for an accurate preoperative diagnosis before considering cholecystectomy to avoid overlooking a second gallbladder during surgery.
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