Congenital duplication of the gallbladder.
Duplication of the gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly of the biliary system. In this article, two cases of gallbladder duplication are presented. The first case is a patient with double gallbladder and concomitant choledocholithiasis. The probable diagnosis of double gallbladder was made preoperatively by computed tomography. The patient underwent a successful open cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration. In the second case, two cystic formations in the place of gallbladder are demonstrated with ultrasound scan in a woman with acute cholecystitis. At surgery, two gallbladders were found. A brief review of epidemiology and anatomy of double gallbladder is included, along with a discussion of the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of this condition.
Second Propedeutic Surgery Department, University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Laiko" General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Michael C
MC
Safioleas
Vassilios G
VG
Papavassiliou
Konstantinos G
KG
Moulakakis
Dimitrios C
DC
Angouras
Panagiotis
P
Skandalakis
D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography