Interposition of the gall bladder: a rare congenital malformation of the extrahepatic bile ducts.
A rare congenital malformation of the extrahepatic bile duct is presented: in an elderly female patient the cystic duct was missing and intra-operative cholangiography revealed a gall bladder wedged between the common duct and the hepatic duct. The situation was solved by syphonoplasty and T-tube drainage. Five similar cases have only been published in the literature. The importance of intra-operative radiomanometry during of the bile duct is stressed.
D000368:Aged; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002758:Cholangiography; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods