Symptomatic H- type gallbladder in a male patient: A rare case report from Syria

Double gallbladders are a rare anomaly occur in biliary system during the fetal life. In most cases they are asymptomatic, but in few patients, they can progress as a sever disease. Preoperative diagnose is essential in order to prevent surgery complexities and prevent the undesired complications.

We described a typical case of symptomatic duplicate gallbladder in a 42-year-old man who suffered from chronic abdominal symptoms without determining the cause. The accessory gallbladder was discovered by imagining screening tools which included ultrasound and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and was treated successfully with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, where both gallbladders were removed without any complications.

Double gallbladder are rare abnormality occur in fetal life during the fifth and sixth weeks of pregnancy. In most cases they show zero symptoms and can be easily wandered off during typical preoperative screening. Therefor many diagnostic tools were developed to investigate this anomaly in order to prevent its unwanted outcomes and to help the surgeon in deciding the best surgical approach for each presenting case.

In order to prevent complications during surgery, it is vital that we investigate the presence of a double gallbladder in a surgical patient before the procedure.