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Scleroatrophic (shrunken) gallbladder with a normal biliary tree at abdominal ultrasonography.
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At the same time, there was no sonographic evidence of Murphy's sign, gallbladder wall thickening (2 mm), pericholecystic fluid, or intra or extrahepatic biliary duct dilatation (Figure 1). There was no evidence of a gall bladder, cystic duct, or cystic artery (Figure 2 and supplementary file 1).
Intraoperative figures demonstrating liver (yellow arrow), common bile duct (blue arrow), and portal vein (green arrow).
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There was no evidence of a gall bladder, cystic duct, or cystic artery (Figure 2 and supplementary file 1).
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography during first-day postoperation, demonstrating normal intrahepatic bile ducts and slight dilation of common bile duct with an absence of gallbladder.
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Subsequently, on the first postoperative day, we performed magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), which demonstrated normal liver structure, normal intrahepatic bile ducts, and slight dilatation of the common bile duct (CBD), with the absence of gallbladder (Figure 3).