Asymptomatic case of congenital absence of the gallbladder.
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.
Muguruma
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N
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
Okamura
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S
Ichikawa
S
S
Tsujigami
K
K
Suzuki
M
M
Nakasono
M
M
Kusaka
Y
Y
Tadatsu
M
M
Okita
Y
Y
Ito
S
S
D000328:Adult; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male