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Diagnosis by Operative Cholangiography

CHARLES L. GERACI, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1959;78(3):437-439.

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Congenital absence of the gallbladder is a very rare occurrence, most cases of which are found at autopsy. Dixon and Lichtman,² in 1945, were able to find 60 well-documented cases in the literature to that date, 24 of which were discovered at operation. In 1949 Hillemand, Rosenstiel, and Brule⁶ found a total of 86 cases, 36 of which had been diagnosed at operation. Malmström,¹¹ in 1953, was able to find five more operative cases, including one of his own, and Polivy and Sachs,¹² in 1954, reported one more, bringing the total number to 42. The frequency of occurrence of this anomaly in autopsy series is variously reported to be from 0.03% to 0.09%, but is more likely closer to the lower figure.

Twenty-six animal species, including certain herbivores, marsupials, and rodents, normally have no gallbladder. Though it was formerly thought that fetal peritonitis, syphilis, and a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
San Carlos, Calif.

From the Surgical Service of Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, Calif.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 18, 1958.

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