Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
| Types of Gallbladder | |
|
A |
Regular and accessory gallbladders lodged in a fossa of normal position and possessing a common cystic duct |
|
B |
A pattern differing from the preceding in the occurrence of separate cystic ducts |
|
C |
Termination of one of the cystic ducts in the liver |
|
D |
An accessory gallbladder, with a cystic duct terminating in the common hepatic duct |
|
E |
An accessory vesica situated beneath the left lobe of the liver |
|
F |
An instance of doubling, in which the accessory gallbladder, situated in the lesser omentum, emptied into the common bile duct |
| Forms of Bilobed Gallbladder | |
|
G |
Partially separated by an internal septum |
|
H |
Paired through the fundus and body, but joined at the neck to form a single cystic duct |
| Types of Congenital Divertucula | |
|
I |
Diverticulum at the neck of the gallbladder |
|
J |
Cul-de-sac from the body of the organ |
|
K |
Similar expansion at the fundus |
| Abnormality in Position of Gallbladder | |
|
L |
Lodgment within the substance of the liver |
|
M |
Placement under the left hepatic lobe |
|
N |
Posterior situation under the right lobe |
Redrawn from Gross, R.E. Congential anomalies of the gallbladder. A review of 148 cases with report of double gallbladder. Arch. Surgery 32:131-162, 1936, . In McVay, C.B. Anson and McVay Surgical Anatomy, 6th Ed, Vol. 1. W.B. Saunders cCo., Philadelphia, 1984.
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