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Diseases of the Gallbladder
The incidence of gallbladder disease, particularly cholelithiasis and biliary dyskinesia, has been increasing in children, and has been associated with a rise in the number of cholecystectomies.
Anomalies
The gallbladder is congenitally absent in approximately 0.1% of the population. Hypoplasia or absence of the gallbladder can be associated with extrahepatic biliary atresia or cystic fibrosis. Duplication of the gallbladder occurs rarely. Gallbladder ectopia may occur with a transverse, intrahepatic, left-sided, or retroplaced location. Multiseptate gallbladder, characterized by the presence of multiple septa dividing the gallbladder lumen, is another rare congenital anomaly of the gallbladder.
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