Abstract
To the Editor.— The presence of two gallbladders in man is not uncommon. However, we have been unable to find mention in the literature of a double gallbladder with cholecystitis, a stone in each gallbladder, diagnosed preoperatively and treated surgically. Duplication of the gallbladder was known to Pliny the Elder, according to Palmisano, and there have been 42 operative cases.1Others have been found in autopsy material. Duplication of the gallbladder may be complete or incomplete.3Incomplete varieties are quite rare in man and are due to division of the gallbladder by a septum or by a diverticulum arising from one part of the gallbladder. Boyden, in 19,000 patients and cadavers, found only five cases of double gallbladder.3The condition is much more common in animals, where infection and stones have been described.3The case presented here (Fig 1) showed a double gallbladder with a common
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