title: Agenesis of the gallbladder found at laparoscopy in an adult patient with cardiac congenital malformation.
abstract: We report a case of gallbladder agenesis in a 30-year-old woman affected by a cardiac congenital malformation who had been operated on at the age of 12. The patient was sent for laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to a preoperative diagnosis of cholelithiasis using clinical and instrumental examinations such as ultrasonography and cholangiography. During laparoscopy, the gallbladder was not found, and laparotomy with intraoperative cholangiography and ultrasonography was performed which also resulted negative. The preoperative possibility of a diagnosis of gallbladder agenesis, the association with other malformations and the steps to be taken to discover agenesis of the gallbladder are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Università di Parma, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale Toracica e Vascolare, Parma, Italia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dell'Abate
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iosca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faraci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soliani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foggi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy