EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Gallbladder agenesis (GA) is a rare congenital biliary system anomaly often associated with other congenital anomalies. Only about 400 cases of GA are reported in the literature.

Whilst most patients remain asymptomatic, about 50% present a symptomatology that resembles lithiasis biliary pain. The first examen in case of suspected biliary pathology is based on hepato-biliary ultrasound which is not very effective in the diagnosis of biliary tree malformation. GA is often mistaken for other hepato-biliary diseases, particularly sclero-atrophic gallbladder, which leads to unnecessary and sometimes dangerous surgical interventions.

We report the case of a 13-years-old female patient with chronic biliary-type pain in whom agenesis of the gallbladder was suspected on abdominal ultrasound and confirmed by Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP).

Keyword: Gallbladder; Agenesis; Cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic Resonance

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