Gallbladder agenesis discovered during surgery, a sum of inadequate decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gallbladder agenesis is an extremely rare congenital condition in which most patients will remain asymptomatic; nonetheless, a small subset of patients will mimic biliary, urinary, or gastrointestinal disorders. As a result, if these patients are unaware of their condition, an ultrasound may be needed when they present with right upper abdominal pain, which can be misleading or inconclusive, putting the surgeon and the medical team in a diagnostic and intraoperative dilemma.

Case presentation

We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a history of ventricular septal defect and cleft palate. She presented with abdominal pain to the emergency department. After an ultrasound, cholecystitis was misdiagnosed, and, unfortunately, the medical team did not realize th

SUBMITTER: Molina GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature