A left-sided gallbladder accompanying atrophy of the lateral inferior segment of the liver.
- Author:
Jae Nam LEE
1
;
Byung Hoon HAN
;
Jee Suk LEE
;
Eun Kyung SHIN
;
Pyoung Rak CHOI
;
Byung Cheol YUN
;
Sang Uk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. bhhankosin@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gallbladder;
Cystic duct;
Deformity;
Liver;
Atrophy
- MeSH:
Atrophy;
Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance;
Common Bile Duct;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Cystic Duct;
Gallbladder;
Gallbladder Diseases;
Humans;
Liver;
Middle Aged;
Portal Vein;
Situs Inversus
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;78(3):348-351
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A left-sided gallbladder occurring in the absence of situs inversus is a rare anomaly. This anomaly was found in a 50-year-old man without any evidence of pancreatobiliary disease. Epigastric transverse ultrasonography showed a normal gallbladder with its fundus extending past the left lateral end of the liver. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed that the gallbladder was located beneath the quadrate lobe (S4) of the liver to the left of the left branch of the portal vein, and S4 was hypertrophied to compensate for atrophy of the lateral inferior segment (S3) of the liver. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed that the gallbladder and pancreatobiliary tree were normal, and that the cystic duct joined the common bile duct from the right side making a characteristic U-shaped hairpin bend.
