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Floating gallbladder

MedGen UID:
539797
•Concept ID:
C0266254
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Congenital floating gallbladder
SNOMED CT: Congenital floating gallbladder (80700005); Floating gallbladder (80700005)
 
HPO: HP:0020227

Definition

An abnormal configuration in which the gallbladder is pedunculated, hanging free of the liver, and attached only by the cystic mesentery, [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFloating gallbladder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Changes in sonographic findings after treatment of patients with clonorchiasis in a heavy endemic area.
Choi D, Jeon YH, Lee GC, Choi MH, Hong ST
Korean J Parasitol 2009 Mar;47(1):19-23. Epub 2009 Mar 12 doi: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.1.19. PMID: 19290087Free PMC Article
Oral bile acid treatment of biliary cholesterol stones.
Leuschner U
Recenti Prog Med 1992 Jul-Aug;83(7-8):392-9. PMID: 1529153
Nonsurgical management of gallstones.
Sauerbruch T, Neubrand M
Prog Liver Dis 1992;10:193-218. PMID: 1296230

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Surgical Results of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Torsion.
Ezaki S, Tomimaru Y, Noguchi K, Noura S, Imamura H, Dono K
Am Surg 2019 May 1;85(5):471-473. PMID: 31126358
Wandering abdominal pain due to a floating gallbladder.
Wu WC, Chau GY, Su CW, Wu JC
Dig Liver Dis 2013 Nov;45(11):e13. Epub 2013 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.05.003. PMID: 23806755
Sonographic findings of anomalous position of the gallbladder.
Naganuma S, Ishida H, Konno K, Hamashima Y, Hoshino T, Naganuma H, Komatsuda T, Ohyama Y, Yamada N, Ishida J, Masamune O
Abdom Imaging 1998 Jan-Feb;23(1):67-72. doi: 10.1007/s002619900287. PMID: 9437066

Diagnosis

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder torsion: A case report and literature review.
Matsubara K, Urushihara T, Oshita A, Itamoto T
Asian J Endosc Surg 2018 May;11(2):165-168. Epub 2017 Oct 19 doi: 10.1111/ases.12435. PMID: 29052346
Wandering abdominal pain due to a floating gallbladder.
Wu WC, Chau GY, Su CW, Wu JC
Dig Liver Dis 2013 Nov;45(11):e13. Epub 2013 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.05.003. PMID: 23806755
Gallbladder volvulus: review of the literature and report of a case.
Tarhan OR, Barut I, Dinelek H
Turk J Gastroenterol 2006 Sep;17(3):209-11. PMID: 16941256
Hypoplasia of the right hepatic lobe combined with a floating gallbladder.
Kabaroudis A, Papaziogas B, Atmatzidis K, Argiriadou E, Paraskevas A, Galanis I, Papaziogas T
Acta Chir Belg 2003 Aug;103(4):425-7. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679460. PMID: 14524168
Gallbladder volvulus: a case report. Could the ultrasound be the key of the early diagnosis?
Hamdi M, Blondiau JV, Algaba R, Van Gysel JP
Acta Chir Belg 1996 Feb;96(1):41-3. PMID: 8629388

Prognosis

Surgical Results of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Torsion.
Ezaki S, Tomimaru Y, Noguchi K, Noura S, Imamura H, Dono K
Am Surg 2019 May 1;85(5):471-473. PMID: 31126358
Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder torsion: A case report and literature review.
Matsubara K, Urushihara T, Oshita A, Itamoto T
Asian J Endosc Surg 2018 May;11(2):165-168. Epub 2017 Oct 19 doi: 10.1111/ases.12435. PMID: 29052346
Wandering abdominal pain due to a floating gallbladder.
Wu WC, Chau GY, Su CW, Wu JC
Dig Liver Dis 2013 Nov;45(11):e13. Epub 2013 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.05.003. PMID: 23806755
Gallbladder torsion: case report and review of 245 cases reported in the Japanese literature.
Nakao A, Matsuda T, Funabiki S, Mori T, Koguchi K, Iwado T, Matsuda K, Takakura N, Isozaki H, Tanaka N
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 1999;6(4):418-21. doi: 10.1007/s005340050143. PMID: 10664294
Floating gallbladder calculi. Their incidence in a review of one thousand cholecystograms.
ROMINGER CJ, LOCKWOOD DW
Am J Surg 1963 Jul;106:89-93. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(63)90195-8. PMID: 13982642

Clinical prediction guides

Gallbladder torsion: case report and review of 245 cases reported in the Japanese literature.
Nakao A, Matsuda T, Funabiki S, Mori T, Koguchi K, Iwado T, Matsuda K, Takakura N, Isozaki H, Tanaka N
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 1999;6(4):418-21. doi: 10.1007/s005340050143. PMID: 10664294

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