Ectopic cholecystitis: A case report

Abstract

An 85-year-old female was evaluated for abdominal pain with tympanitic distention.A large abdominal collection was palpable and laboratory findings showed an inflammatory syndrome. Abdominal computerized tomography (CT) showed a large (11.4 × 5.7 × 8.2 cm) hyperdense para-umbilical structure (Fig.

Cholecystitis in a midline gallbladder: A rare ectopic location

“…However, a wide range of locations has been described (suprahepatic, intrahepatic, left-sided, retrocolic, retroduodenal, retrorenal …). To the best of our knowledge, only a single case of a gallbladder located within the anterior abdominal wall has been reported in the English literature [5] .…”