Aberrant gallbladder situated beneath the left lobe of liver

Abstract

A left-sided gallbladder can be truly ectopic or may just appear so because the falciform ligament is aberrantly placed to the right. In either case preoperative imaging can be misleading, and a careful search is needed at operation. The incidence of disease seems no commoner than in orthotopic gallbladders.

Left-Sided Gallbladder Discovered During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with Dextrocardia

“…In one report of six cases of left-sided gall bladder, preoperative diagnosis was made only in one patient despite abdominal ultrasonography and selective cholangiography prior to surgery [4]. Such has been our experience with this patient and there are similar reports of left-sided gallbladder being diagnosed only during surgery [4][5][6]. Performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in such unsuspected patients is technically demanding and warrants a vigilant dissection.…”

Left Side Located Cholelithiasis Case

“…Of these four, the leftsided gallbladder without situs inversus viscerum is the rarest. It was first described by Hochstetter in 1886 [4]. Although the exact etiology of left-sided gallbladder has not been established definitely, there are many theories.…”

Left-Sided Gallbladder: Uncommon Presentation and Laparoscopic Approach

“…While about 149 cases of left-sided gallbladder have been reported in the past, only a handful of these cases has been diseased (Dhulkotia, Kumar, Kabra, & Shukla, 2002).…”