Laparoscopic treatment of a bilobed gallbladder: a case report and review of the literature.
A double or bilobed gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly. Because other congenital vascular and biliary duct anomalies may accompany this pathology, open cholecystectomy was thought to be the best treatment of symptomatic patients. In this paper, we report a patient with a bilobed gallbladder whose symptoms were successfully treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We also discuss the characteristics and the embryology of this rare anomaly.
Ozmen
Vahit
V
Department of Surgery, Istambul University, Istanbul, Turkey. egorgun@hotmail.com
Gorgun
Emre
E
Unal
Ersin Selcuk
ES
Polat
Coskun
C
Ozmen
Tolga
T
D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome