Duplicate gallbladders misdiagnosed as residual cholecystitis: A case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Duplication of gallbladder is a rare anomaly in humans, as it is very rare for a duplication of gallbladder to be missed during the first cholecystectomy and thus require a second cholecystectomy.

Patient concerns

A 42-year-old man came to our hospital with paroxysmal right upper abdominal pain for 10 days. In addition to the pain, he also had transient jaundice. He had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) 1 year ago. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed gallstones, intrahepatic bile duct stones with cholangitis, no dilatation of the common bile duct, and a cystic structure was visible in the upper part of common bile duct. The patient underwent LC again, and the intraoperative diagnosis was duplication of gallbladder.

Diagnosis

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SUBMITTER: Ma XS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666152 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature