Duplicate gallbladder: An unusual case report

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 654-657

  Singh, B ^a   Ramsaroop, L ^b   Allopi, L ^a   Moodley, J ^a   Satyapal, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Cholecystectomy; Duplicate; Gallbladder; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845288611     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0139-3     Document Type: Article

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