Home   Chapter Home   Jobs   Conferences   Fellowships   Books

Advertisement

Gallbladder

Congenital anomalies

Duplication

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 15 February 2013, last major update September 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2013, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
=========================================================================

● Excessive budding of the caudal diverticulum
● Duplicated cystic ducts may enter CBD separately (H-type) or united (Y-type) or rarely drain independently into hepatic ducts
● Stones, inflammatory conditions and tumors preferentially involve one of the gallbladders

Case reports
=========================================================================

● 5 year old girl with jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia (Tunis Med 2011;89:798)
● 58 year old man with right upper quadrant pain (JSLS 2010;14:611)
● Two separate gallbladders, one main and one accessory, each with its own cystic duct (Ital J Anat Embryol 2011;116:61)
● Triple gallbladder (Am J Gastroenterol 2011;106:1861)

Clinical images
=========================================================================

 
Intraoperative images

Diagrams
=========================================================================

Types of gallbladder duplication

End of Gallbladder > Congenital anomalies > Duplication

This information is intended for physicians and related personnel, who understand that medical information is often imperfect, and must be interpreted in the context of a patient's clinical data using reasonable medical judgment. This website should not be used as a substitute for the advice of a licensed physician.

All information on this website is protected by copyright of PathologyOutlines.com, Inc. Information from third parties may also be protected by copyright. Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions (click here for other contact information).