title: Long, parallel cystic duct in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: the role of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
abstract: Congenital malformation of the gallbladder and cystic duct that cause operative difficulty are rare developmental abnormalities of embryogenesis. We report the case of a 47-year-old male patient who presented with right upper quadrant pain, tenderness, mild jaundice, moderately elevated liver function tests, and ultrasound evidence of acute calculus cholecystitis. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) excluded choledocholithiasis, but revealed the cystic duct anomaly. A difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed successfully. This is an unusual case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for severe acute calculus cholecystitis in a patient with very low conjunction to the common bile duct (CBD) of a long, parallel cystic duct.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. pavlidth@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Theodoros E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Triantafyllou
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Psarras
authors.forename: Georgios N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Marakis
authors.forename: Athanasios K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sakantamis
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003549:Cystic Duct / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged