ArticleCureus2022
Preoperative Diagnosis of Gallbladder Agenesis: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Case Report: Congenital gallbladder agenesis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Gallbladder Agenesis and a Large Common Bile Duct Stone: A Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2025Article
- Gallbladder agenesis leading to an unnecessary surgery: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Importance of accurate diagnosis of congenital agenesis of the gallbladder from atypical gallbladder stone presentations: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
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Abstract
Gallbladder agenesis (GA) is a rare congenital malformation with less than 500 reported cases. Often an incidental finding intraoperatively or in postmortem autopsies, the first reported case dates back to 1701. We discuss the case of a 21-year-old female presenting with classic biliary symptoms who, on imaging, failed to have a visualizable gallbladder. Initial ultrasound (US) reported a non-visualized gallbladder with gallbladder contraction as a possible explanation. More advanced imaging allowed for the preoperative diagnosis, thus preventing an unpleasant intraoperative surprise. As imaging techniques continue to advance, unnecessary operations can hopefully be avoided, albeit a difficult diagnosis to make.
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