Left‐sided gallbladder associated with congenital liver cyst

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, the association of these two congenital anomalies has not been described previously.

Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature

“…[13] Such anomalies are: complete or partial situs inversus, duplicated gallbladder [16] various portal venous [17] and biliary anomalies [8] , cholecystic venous anomaly [7] and atrophy of segment IV of the liver. [12] In addition, the cystic artery always crosses in front of the common bile duct from right to left.…”

“…[13] When LSG exists, the cystic duct may join the left or right side of the common hepatic duct or may join the left hepatic duct directly. [9] Moreover there are recent case reports, referring to hypoplastic bile duct, [16] duplication of the common bile duct, [15] infraportal bile duct [7] and abnormal pancreatico-biliary duct junction. [8] Occurring to these, an intra-operative cholangiography might be used as a guide to the dissection [15] since delineating biliary anatomy.…”

Left-Sided Gallbladder Discovered During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with Dextrocardia

“…Etiology of Leftsided gallbladder is attributed to either migration of gallbladder to the left side or development of a second gallbladder with atrophy of the original one [1]. Such an anomalous position of gallbladder may be associated with complete or partial situs inversus, duplicated gallbladder, hypoplastic bile duct, abnormal portal venous branching, abnormal pancreatico-biliary duct junction and other congenital anomalies of liver, testis, urinary bladder and abdominal wall [2]. But, in this patient, dextrocardia with multiple intracardiac anomalies was the only associated abnormality.…”

The gallbladder of human foetuses: A morphological and morphometric study

“…16,17 In the present study, an aberrant gallbladder in a 23-week old male foetus is detected on the visceral surface of the liver along the line of attachment of falciform ligament (which is attached on the anterior surface of liver). An aberrant placement of falciform ligament may give false impression of a left-sided gallbladder.…”