Abstract:The patient was a 61-year-old man with calcification of the gallbladder wall that was discovered at a routine medical examination, and the patient was referred to our hospital. Abdominal ultrasound and CT revealed circumferential calcification in the gallbladder and a calculus in the neck of the gallbladder. The patient was diagnosed with porcelain gallbladder (PGB) and cholelithiasis and underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In surgery, grasping with forceps was difficult due to calcification of the wall. T… Show more
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