title: Asymptomatic case of congenital absence of the gallbladder.
abstract: Congenital absence of the gallbladder is rare among biliary abnormalities, and its preoperative diagnosis has been considered very difficult. We encountered a patient with congenital absence of the gallbladder and suggest a possible preoperative diagnosis of the abnormality, as well as reviewing the literature.
authors: Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Muguruma
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Okamura
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ichikawa
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Tsujigami
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Suzuki
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nakasono
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kusaka
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Tadatsu
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Okita
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male