AGENESIS OF GALL BLADDER: A CLINICORADIOLOGICAL DILEMMA
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https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2014.1.1s.18Keywords:
gall bladder, stone, clinicalAbstract
Agenesis of gall bladder is a rare congenital biliary abnormality which is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. Most of these patients present with typical symptomatology of gallstone disease which adds to the diagnostic confusion. Its clinical significance lies in the fact that this clinical entity should always be considered in patients with contracted gall bladders with stones both preoperatively as well as intraoperatively to avoid surgical catastrophes. Here we present such a case in a young male who was diagnosed to have this clinical entity only intraoperatively
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