title: Duplicate gallbladder: an unusual case report.
abstract: Duplication of the gallbladder, a rare congenital anomaly, is important in clinical practice as it may cause some clinical, surgical and diagnostic problems. In this report we present a case of duplicated gallbladder diagnosed serendipitously in a 63-year-old male patient who had previously undergone successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy (confirmed histologically) approximately a year before for gallstones. The patient was re-admitted with obstructive jaundice. An abdominal computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance cholangiogram both revealed the presence of a gallbladder, which was thereafter removed at surgery undertaken to palliate the jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, PO Box 17039, Congella 4013, South Africa.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramsaroop
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allopi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moodley
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Satyapal
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods