Left-sided gallbladder associated with congenital hypoplasia of the left lobe of the liver: A case report and review of literature

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Noritomi, Tomoaki ^a,b   Watanabe, Kenshi ^a,b   Yamashita, Yuichi ^a   Kitagawa, Shinji ^a   Oshibuchi, Masao ^b   Shirakusa, Takayuki ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asakura Kensei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal portal branching; Congenital hypoplasia; Gallbladder; Left lobe of the liver; Left sided

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LIVER; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN; ROUND LIGAMENT;

EID: 2942755785     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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