Muguruma N, Okamura S, Ichikawa S, Tsujigami K, Suzuki M, Nakasono M, Kusaka Y, Tadatsu M, Okita Y, Ito S
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
J Med Invest. 2001 Feb;48(1-2):118-21.
Congenital absence of the gallbladder is rare among biliary abnormalities, and its preoperative diagnosis has been considered very difficult. We encountered a patient with congenital absence of the gallbladder and suggest a possible preoperative diagnosis of the abnormality, as well as reviewing the literature.