TITLE:
Congenital Absence of the Cystic Duct: A Rare but Significant Anomaly
AUTHORS:
Sachin Patil, Sudhir Jain, Ramachandra C. M. Kaza, Ronald S. Chamberlain
KEYWORDS:
Cystic Duct; Congenital Absence; Absent Cystic Duct
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.4 No.4,
April
19,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Cholecystectomy is the most common digestive tract surgery performed
worldwide and injury to the bile duct leads to both acute and
chronic sequelae. The incidence of bile duct injury is increased in the
presence of severe inflammation and is compounded by congenital abnormalities
of the biliary tract. Congenitally absent cystic duct is one such rare anomaly
with significant surgical implications. So far only nine clear cases of
congenitally absent cystic duct have been reported. In this report we describe
two additional cases of a congenitally absent cystic duct and provide a
comprehensive discussion of the clinical significance, and appropriate surgical
management of this anomaly.