• DOI:10.1007/s12328-014-0494-2
Corpus ID: 40902757

Definitive diagnosis of a duplicate gallbladder can only be made intraoperatively: report of a case

@article{Ozaki2014DefinitiveDO,
  title={Definitive diagnosis of a duplicate gallbladder can only be made intraoperatively: report of a case},
  author={Nobuyuki Ozaki and D. Hashimoto and Y. Ikuta and A. Chikamoto and H. Takamori and H. Baba},
  journal={Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology},
  year={2014},
  volume={7},
  pages={338-341}
}

Nobuyuki Ozaki, D. Hashimoto, +3 authors H. Baba

Published 2014

Medicine

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology

Duplicated gallbladders are rare congenital anomalies that are important in clinical practice as they may cause clinical, surgical, and diagnostic problems. Here, we describe the case of a 79-year-old female patient who presented with acute cholangitis. Abdominal ultrasonography, endoscopic ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intrahepatic cystic lesion, suggesting communication with the intrahepatic bile duct; no evidence of a polypoid lesion within… CONTINUE READING

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