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JOHN F. CARNEVALI, M.D.; CARL A. KUNATH, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1959;78(3):440-445.

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Variations and anomalies of the biliary system and related blood vessels are relatively common, occurring in 10% of necropsy specimens.¹ However, absence of the gallbladder without associated defects of the biliary tract is an exceedingly rare finding, the incidence being reported as 0.065% by Tallmadge,² who found 12 cases in a collected series of 18,350 necropsies, and as 0.04% by Mouzas and Wilson,³ who reported 9 cases in 21,631 necropsies. We wish to report a case, confirmed by operative cholangiographic examination, and to review briefly the pertinent literature and practical aspects of this condition.

In 1928, Bower⁴ reviewed 31 cases of congenital absence of the gallbladder and cystic duct. In 1936, Gross⁵ reported 38 cases, and Finney and Owen⁶ added 10 cases in 1942. A review of this subject by Dixon and Lichtman⁷ in 1945 included 50 cases reported since 1900 and 10 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
San Angelo, Texas

Formerly Chief of Surgery, Goodfellow Air Force Base; now Fellow in Surgery, the Mayo Foundation (Dr. Carnevali). Civilian Surgical Consultant, Goodfellow Air Force Base (Dr. Kunath).

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Submitted for publication Sept. 14, 1958.

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