Abstract
Interposition of the gallbladder is a rare anomaly, but its diagnosis is important since it represents a surgically correctable cause of jaundice. The patients present with jaundice, abdominal pain and sometimes an enlarged gallbladder. Radiological diagnosis may be difficult since the condition may be mistaken for a choledochal cyst, hydrops of the gallbladder or Caroli's disease. The ultrasound, cholangiogram and surgical findings of dilated intrahepatic ducts adjacent to a normal or enlarged gallbladder with no dilatation of the common bile duct are presented in two children with this condition.
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Stringer, D.A., Dobranowski, J., Ein, S.H. et al. Interposition of the gallbladder — or the absent common hepatic duct and cystic duct. Pediatr Radiol 17, 151–153 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388096
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388096