Triple gallbladder: preoperative sonographic diagnosis.

نویسندگان

  • Sophie Barnes
  • Hagith Nagar
  • Charles Levine
  • Moshe Santo
  • Amir Sold
  • Diego Mercer
  • Ada Kessler
چکیده

riplication of the gallbladder (GB) (vesica fellea triplex) is a rare congenital anomaly of the biliary tract not likely to be revealed unless there are associated symptoms. To our knowledge, only 10 cases have been reported in the literature.1–10 The first reported case was described in a human cadaver in 1752.1 In the most recent case, reported in 2003, triple GB was diagnosed during laparoscopy, whereas preoperative sonography failed to show the abnormality.2 We present a case of this rare anomaly diagnosed preoperatively by sonography and endoscopic sonography confirmed on laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

دوره 23 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004