Gallbladder Displacement in a Cirrhotic Patient Simulating Ectopia

Acquired malposition of the gallbladder

“…Fatty changes, focal fibrosis and nodular regeneration can substantially distort the liver causing displacement of related structures 6. A study by Gore et al compared the topographical relationships of abdominal viscera in patients with cirrhosis to controls.…”

“…Nardi et al 8 presented two cases of acquired malposition in cirrhotic patients, in which cross-sectional imaging revealed evidence of right lobe atrophy and relative left lobe hypertrophy, with the gallbladders lying in a retroplaced position on cross-sectional imaging. Prior to the widespread application of CT, Owshalimpur et al 6 documented a case of anterior and superior gallbladder displacement secondary to multiple large regenerative liver nodules in an alcoholic patient.…”