| Literature DB >> 8808443 |
M Saimura1, H Ichimiya, G Naritomi, Y Ogawa, K Chijiiwa, K Yamaguchi, M Tanaka.
Abstract
A 30-year-old man with multiseptate gallbladder, a very rare congenital anomaly, is presented. His presenting symptom was epigastric pain. A hypoplastic gallbladder with multiple septa was demonstrated by ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography. An injection of cerulein reproduced pain, and simultaneous biliary manometry and scintigraphy showed impairment of gallbladder filling and emptying. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy resulted in complete relief of the pain. Biliary manometry and scintigraphy are useful to determine the operative indication in a symptomatic patient with this entity.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8808443 DOI: 10.1007/bf01211201
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gastroenterol ISSN: 0944-1174 Impact factor: 7.527