Open AccessLeft-sided Gallbladder
Author(s) -
J A Southam
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197508000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , situs inversus , cholecystitis , general surgery , cholecystography , gallbladder disease , radiology , surgery
A 59-year-old woman with complete situs inversus, developed cholecystitis in a left-sided gallbladder. The diagnosis was made radiologically and a successful operation performed. A diseased gallbladder containing two calculi, together with the appendix, was removed. An operative cholangiogram revealed a normal, but transposed, biliary system. The literature on this subject is reviewed.