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Karagülle M, Arslan FZ, Bilgi E, Öncü S, Şimşek S, et al. (2019) A Great Mimicker of Acute Cholecystitis in Young Population: A Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Med Img Lib 5:136. doi.org/10.23937/2474-3682/1510136

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IMAGE ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2474-3682/1510136

A Great Mimicker of Acute Cholecystitis in Young Population: A Case Report and Literature Review

Mehmet Karagülle1, Fatma Zeynep Arslan2*, Esra Bilgi1, Süleyman Öncü1, Samet Şimşek1 and Mehmet Öncü1

1Department of Radiology, Bagcılar Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Science, Konya, Turkey

2Department of Radiology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Science, Konya, Turkey

Abstract

Gallbladder agenesis is a rare biliary anomaly which can be important for patients complaining of chronic abdominal pain. Gallbladder agenesis can mimic cholecystitis by causing recurrent upper abdominal pain and tenderness. In a significant number of patients with gallbladder agenesis, unnecessary surgical procedures are performed because of the misdiagnosis. The morbidity of the disease can reduce, since the correct diagnosis of gallbladder agenesis decrease unnecessary surgical procedures. The diagnosis can be established with performing ultrasound and Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) examination. We reported a case of a young patient suffers from recurrent abdominal pain and diagnosed with gallbladder agenesis.