Agenesis of the gallbladder: A dangerously misdiagnosed malformation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 6228-6231

  Peloponissios, Nicolas ^a   Gillet, Michel ^a   Cavin, René ^b   Halkic, Nermin ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Riviera   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Laparoscopy; Pathology

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GALLBLADDER AGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 30644473912     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6228     Document Type: Article

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