TY - JOUR
T1 - Septum of the gallbladder, clinical implications and treatment
AU - Deutsch, Alexander A.
AU - Englestein, Dov
AU - Cohen, Maya
AU - Kunichevsky, M.
AU - Reiss, Raphael
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - We report four patients with a congenital gallbladder septum whose symptoms resembled those of cholelithiasis, in one case giving rise to acute cholecystitis. Cholecystectomy relieved symptoms in all cases and examination of the operative specimen confirmed the clinical diagnosis and X-ray findings. Ultrasonography made a positive diagnosis in the last two cases and no stones were found in any of the cases described. Cholecystectomy is advocated in symptomatic patients with this condition, even when gallstones are not present.
AB - We report four patients with a congenital gallbladder septum whose symptoms resembled those of cholelithiasis, in one case giving rise to acute cholecystitis. Cholecystectomy relieved symptoms in all cases and examination of the operative specimen confirmed the clinical diagnosis and X-ray findings. Ultrasonography made a positive diagnosis in the last two cases and no stones were found in any of the cases described. Cholecystectomy is advocated in symptomatic patients with this condition, even when gallstones are not present.
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U2 - 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.453
DO - 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.453
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AN - SCOPUS:0022485499
SN - 0032-5473
VL - 62
SP - 453
EP - 456
JO - Postgraduate Medical Journal
JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal
IS - 728
ER -