A Rare Case of Calculous Gallbladder Hydrops Presenting With Atypical Abdominal and Urinary Symptoms

Zhuang Hui Mark Le; Lachlan Dowling; Sarangi M Ranasinghe

doi:10.7759/cureus.40016

A Rare Case of Calculous Gallbladder Hydrops Presenting With Atypical Abdominal and Urinary Symptoms

Cureus. 2023 Jun 5;15(6):e40016. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40016. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Zhuang Hui Mark Le^{1

2}, Lachlan Dowling¹, Sarangi M Ranasinghe^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Redland Hospital, Brisbane, AUS.
² Department of General Surgery, Logan Hospital, Brisbane, AUS.

Abstract

Gallbladder hydrops, otherwise known as gallbladder mucocele, is an uncommon gallbladder condition characterised by gallbladder distention and accumulation of clear mucous-like inspissated bile. Patients with gallbladder hydrops are usually asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed on cross-sectional imaging or diagnostic laparoscopy. This case report presents a rare case of calculous gallbladder hydrops measuring 217mm in maximal length in a 56-year-old female presenting with atypical abdominal and urinary symptoms. The radiological and intraoperative images will also be presented to highlight the extensiveness of the disease and therefore the importance of considering gallbladder hydrops as a differential in these patients.

Keywords: acute calculus cholecystitis; cholecystectomy laparoscopic; gallbladder hydrops; gallbladder mucocele; surgery general.

Publication types

Case Reports