Abstract

PUJADAS, Zoe et al. Vesícula biliar doble: Reporte de un caso. RFM [online]. 2006, vol.29, n.2, pp.129-132. ISSN 0798-0469.

We present a case of double gallbladder in a 68 year old female patient with diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The procedure was converted to conventional open surgery due to difficult identification of biliary tract structures. In the laparotomy we found a double gallbladder with independent cystic duct. In one of gallbladder there was a cholelythiasis and a one centimetre in diameter polyp in the second one. The pathology study concluded acute cholecystitis and necrotic polyp. The double gallbladder is a very unusual anatomic variant. The preoperative diagnosis is based on imagenology and the laparoscopic approach is safe and effective in some cases.

Keywords : Congenital variations of biliary tract; Double gallbladder; Acute cholecystitis.