AGENESIS OF THE GALLBLADDER - LAPAROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS

Congenital absence of the gallbladder is an extremely rare anomaly. Al though ideally gallbladder agenesis should be diagnosed before surgery , this has not been documented in the literature. Laparoscopy offers p atients with nonvisualizing or shrunken gallbladders on imaging studie s the opportunity for diagnosis in a minimally invasive manner. A thor ough laparoscopic exploration and cholangiogram are necessary to confi rm the diagnosis.