Congenital Anomalies Regarding the Development of Gall Bladder
Congenital anomalies of the gall bladder are not a very common disease arising in it, since the birth of an individual. The total number of affected persons from this kind of a disease is around 10 - 20%. These abnormalities may include the following:
- Abnormality in the size of the gall bladder
- Then there is also a condition known as the agenesis of the gall bladder
- There may also be some kind of duplications or the presence of double gall bladder that may be connected by either a single or may be double cystic ducts.
- There may also be the presence of the rudimentary or the oversized giant’s type of a gall bladder with the presence of a diverticula’s.
- Another clinical innocuous entity is the Phrygian cap which is intended to separate the gall bladder into two halves the line of separation being between the fundus and the body through a septum which may or may not be complete.
- There may also be intra hepatic gall bladder, where the organ lies within the substance of the liver or the hepar.
- There are also the possibilities of the presence of gall bladders which are not fixed and lie in a floating or can be said into floating positions.
- There is also the presence of various types of the anomalies of the side of the presence of the gall bladder, such as a left sided gall bladder.
- There may also be the presence of a gall bladder which is seen to be displaced and is now instead of the normal position is retro displaced.
- These conditions all together can result in the acute torsion, hernia formation and the volvulus of the gall bladder.
- These congenital anomalies are due to the defects at the time of the development of the specific organs.