Unsuspected Duplicated Gallbladder in a Patient Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis.
Duplicated gallbladder (GB) is a rare congenital disease. Surgical management of a duplicated GB needs special care because of concurrent bile duct anomalies and the risk of injuring adjacent arteries during surgery. An 80-year-old man visited an emergency room with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) revealed cholecystitis with a 2-bodied GB. Because of this unusual finding, magnetic resonance choledochopancreatography was performed to detect possible biliary anomalies. The 2 GB bodies were unified at the neck with a common cystic duct, a so-called V-shaped duplicated GB. The patient's right posterior hepatic duct joined the common bile duct (CBD) near the cystic duct. The patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy without adjacent organ injury, and was discharged uneventfully. Surgeons should carefully evaluate the patient preoperatively and select adequate surgical procedures in patients with suspected duplicated GB because of the risk of concurrent biliary anomalies.
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Woohyung
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8119-6943
W
Lee
Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Dae Hyun
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7163-0403
DH
Song
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Jin Kwon
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-7252
JK
Lee
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Ji Ho
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2751-7320
JH
Park
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Ju Yeon
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-7522
JY
Kim
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Seung Jin
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-9158
SJ
Kwag
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Taejin
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-2353
T
Park
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Sang Ho
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-5710
SH
Jeong
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Young Tae
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1785-8500
YT
Ju
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Eun Jung
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-613X
EJ
Jung
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Young Joon
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1735-3385
YJ
Lee
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Soon Chan
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-8741
SC
Hong
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Sang Kyung
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-0359
SK
Choi
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. drjcy@hanmail.net.
Chi Young
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-6695
CY
Jeong
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D002097:C-Reactive Protein
Cholecystectomy; Cholecystitis; Duplicated Gallbladder; Laparoscopy