Abstract
Introduction: Agenesis of gallbladder is a rare (13-65 cases/100,000) anomaly, in which about 23% patient presents with symptoms of biliary disease. In these patients, ultrasonography (UsG) abdomen frequently falsely reveals shrunken or contracted gallbladder and sometimes non- visualization of gallbladder (Gb) in Gb fossa. basis of these misinterpreted reports these patients undergone unnecessary surgery and may encounter iatrogenic biliary tract injuries and portal injuries because of excessive dissection to find out the absent gallbladder and ectopic gallbladder. case report: A 40-year-old female attended surgical outdoor with complain of pain right hypochondrium and dyspepsia since last four years patient followed-up with UsG abdomen which was suggestive of chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis, and common bile duct (cbD) was normal in diameter on the basis of clinical symptoms and UsG findings patient admitted and planned for laparoscopic
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