The suprahepatic gallbladder. An unusual anatomical variant.
The authors describe a case of ectopic gallbladder found lying posterior to the liver in the subdiaphragmatic space. This condition should be considered whenever the right lobe of the liver is hypoplastic and the gallbladder cannot be visualized on hepatobiliary scans or oral cholecystograms.
D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C003693:technetium Tc 99m PIPIDA