Sinistroposition: A case report on incidental finding of left sided gall bladder on laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Left-sided gall bladder, a rare biliary abnormality with an incidence of 0.04-0.3%, is characterized by the presence of the gall bladder to the left of the ligamentum teres. However, they are often missed during pre-operative imaging and often encountered intraoperatively, thus challenging the surgical intervention for the surgeons.

Case presentation

We herein present a 40-year-old male presented with colicky right hypochondriac pain and epigastric discomfort, diagnosed incidentally during laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a left-sided sided gall bladder without situs inversus, which was missed during pre-operative ultrasonography and was treated without any complications with conventional four-port technique without changes in the trocar placement.

SUBMITTER: Malla S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature