title: Multiseptate gallbladder: report of a case.
abstract: A 53-year-old Japanese female was referred to Miyazaki University hospital for the surgical treatment of gastric cancer. She had no symptoms and the presence of the complex cystic gallbladder with multiple and linear hyperechogenic septa was incidentally found by ultrasonography. Multicystic lesion of gallbladder was also observed on DIC-CT and MRCP. Neither the bile duct nor the pancreatic duct was dilated. The papilla of the Vater was of normal appearance endoscopically. Pathological study of the biopsy specimen from the type 3 tumor of the stomach showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Distal partial gastrectomy and cholecystectomy were performed. The gross examination of the gallbladder confirmed the presence of multiple thin septa with honeycomb appearance. Cancer cells were not observed histologically and final diagnosis was the multiseptate gallbladder. The postoperative course was uneventful. We herein report a rare case of multiseptate gallbladder showing the findings on DIC-CT and MRCP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery 1, Miyazaki University School of Medicine, Kiyotake, 889-1692 Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chijiiwa
authors.forename: Sei-ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jimi
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hotokezaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: Tadaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002758:Cholangiography; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography