title: Accessory gallbladder in an intrahepatic location mimicking a cystic tumor of the liver: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Double gallbladder (GB) is a rare congenital anomaly of the biliary system characterized by the presence of an accessory GB.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 38-year-old female presented with a history of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain. Computed tomography (CT) showed a lobulated cystic mass involving the center portion of liver. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) additionally revealed a tubular structure of T2 bright signal intensity (SI), which connected the cystic lesion of the liver to the bile duct. Preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) confirmed the connection between the intrahepatic cystic lesion and the left main hepatic duct. We regarded as a cystic mass with biliary communication, such as a cystic intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPNB) or localized Caroli disease. The patient underwent partial hepatectomy for the cystic mass of the liver and a final diagnosis of chronic inflammation of an intrahepatically located accessory GB was made.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report a case of an accessory GB in an intrahepatic location mimicking a cystic mass such as cystic IPNB or localized Caroli disease of the liver showing a cystic mass with biliary communication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University, College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Seo-Youn
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hae Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Boem Ha
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Min Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*