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Ultrasound examination showing deformed gallbladder with a localized thickening in its wall
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The ultrasound examination showed that her gallbladder was deformed with a localised thickening of its wall (Figure 1).
Gallbladder aspect in CT abdominal scan
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To eliminate gallbladder neoplasm; a CT abdominal scan was performed showing inflammatory gallbladder wall which is free of suspect lesions (Figure 2).
T2-weighted sequence demonstrating daughter cysts in the lumen of gallbladder (A,B); hepatic parenchyma free of cystic lesions (C)
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Preoperative cholangiographie
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A preoperative cholangiography searching daughter cysts in the common bile duct proved unremarkable (Figure 4).
Macroscopic examination showing daughter cysts showing normal aspect of common bile duct in the lumen of the gallbladder
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The histopathology confirmed the presence of hydatid cyst of the gallbladder (Figure 5).