Definitive diagnosis of a duplicate gallbladder can only be made intraoperatively: report of a case
Definitive diagnosis of a duplicate gallbladder can only be made intraoperatively: report of a case
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重复胆囊只能在术中确诊:一例报告
DOI:
10.1007/s12328-014-0494-2
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
1
通讯作者:
Baba H
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作者:
Ozaki N;Hashimoto D;Ikuta Y;Chikamoto A;Takamori H;Baba H
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 the cystic lesion was observed. Based on these findings, intrahepatic cholangiectasis, intrahepatic bile duct cystadenoma, and the presence of a duplicated gallbladder were suspected, and surgery was performed. During surgery, a tube inserted into the common bile duct from a cystic duct facilitated intraoperative cholangiography, which indicated the presence of a duplicated gallbladder. Thus, we believe that a duplicated gallbladder should be an additional consideration when typical gallbladder disease symptoms are present under certain circumstances. A multimodal imaging approach can help to establish the diagnosis preoperatively or intraoperatively.