Multiseptate gallbladder with cholelithiasis diagnosed incidentally in an elderly patient

Citation
W. Miwa et al., Multiseptate gallbladder with cholelithiasis diagnosed incidentally in an elderly patient, INTERN MED, 39(12), 2000, pp. 1054-1059
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
09182918 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1054 - 1059
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(200012)39:12<1054:MGWCDI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A 70-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis was admitted to our hospital because of gastric ulcers, Abdominal echography incidentally revealed that the patient's gallbladder was multiseptate, an extremely rare anomaly. The diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, This is t he 26th case of multiseptate gallbladder in the world literature, but the p atient is the oldest yet recorded with this condition. Furthermore, unlike most patients with multiseptate gallbladder, she had no biliary symptoms wi th concomitant cholelithiasis.