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CASE REPORT
Peril of missing a double gall bladder: report of a patient who needed cholecystectomy two times over
  1. Krithika Rangarajan1,
  2. Sathya Chinna2,
  3. Nikhil Nair1,
  4. Chandan J Das1
  1. 1Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
  2. 2All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chandan J Das, dascj{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Gall bladder (GB) duplication is a rare anomaly, not often seen in regular clinical practice. Though a vestigial organ, the presence of calculi within the GB can cause the patient to be acutely symptomatic with right hypochondriac pain, which can even be life threatening if not treated. The presence of two GBs means this pathology can be seen in both the GBs, highlighting the importance of diagnosing this condition, lest the patient returns years after a cholecystectomy with cholecystitis yet again!

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218248

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors CD primarily worked the patient up and evaluated his present and past imaging studies. CD and KR contributed equally to the conception and design as well as preparation of images and the text of the manuscript. NN and SC were vital in giving clinical inputs on the case and helped in fine tuning the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.