Intrahepatic Gallbladder Research Articles

Intestinal metaplasia and altered enzyme expression in propylnitrosamine-induced Syrian hamster cholangiocellular and gallbladder lesions

Intrahepatic bile duct and gallbladder preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions induced in Syrian golden hamsters by propylnitrosamine treatment were investigated for the presence of polysaccharides and assayed immunohistochemically for expression of the enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) molecular forms. On the basis of an increase in G6PD and the GST-placental form, a sequence of altered cell populations ranging from simple ductular proliferation through dysplasia and cholangiofibroma to cholangiocellular carcinoma could be established, the latter three lesions being characterized by marked increase in polysaccharide production. While similar goblet cell (intestinal) metaplasia and increased polysaccharide storage were also evident in carcinogen-induced gallbladder lesions G6PD and GST-P expression was decreased when compared with control epithelium.

Convoluted bile ducts in the liver of the larval lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L.

The three-dimensional structure of the bile ducts and their relationship to the blood vessels were studied in the larval lamprey by scanning electron microscopy of the intact tissue and of biliary and vascular casts. The intrahepatic gall bladder is situated in the cephalic portion of the liver and a cystic duct is connected to a straight intrahepatic common bile duct, which extends to the extrahepatic bile duct at the caudal end of the liver. Several smaller intrahepatic common bile ducts are connected directly to the intrahepatic common bile duct, are convoluted or serpiginous and are surrounded intimately by sinusoids. This arrangement enables the bile ducts to have increased surface area exposed to blood vessels. The functional significance of this arrangement is discussed with respect to the modification of bile through the transport of solutes and the similarity of this bilio-vascular relationship to the peribiliary vascular plexus of the mammalian liver.

A Case of Intrahepatic Gallbladder detected by Liver Scintigram

A Case of Intrahepatic Gallbladder detected by Liver Scintigram

An anomaly in the position of the gallbladder.

ANOMALIES of position of the gallbladder are rare. If one excludes situs inversus and the intrahepatic gallbladder, there are very few reported anomalies. In the available American and European literature, I have been unable to find any reported cases since Gross's classic paper. 1 Gross cites 2 patients 2-3 in whom the gallbladder occupied a transverse position extending laterally along the lower portion of the inferior surface of the right lobe of the liver. Because of the apparent rarity of this anomalous position, I feel it worthwhile to report a similar case. Report of a Case A 39-year-old man had suffered 3 or 4 attacks of generalized abdominal pain during the past year-and-a-half. These lasted for 3 to 4 days each, and were associated with nausea and emesis. The stools became pale. While in the hospital, this condition had regressed until the jaundice was barely evident. In the past, he

Congenital absence of the gallbladder

1. 1. Another case of congenital absence of the gallbladder is presented in which the preoperative diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and chronic pancreatitis was considered. Two cholecystograms demonstrated evidence of a non-functioning gallbladder. 2. 2. Delayed cholangiogram showed evidence of an absence either of an intrahepatic or ectopic gallbladder. 3. 3. The criteria required before removing a T tube from the common duct are presented.

A divided intrahepatic gallbladder in a cat.

The Anatomical RecordVolume 109, Issue 4 p. 715-721 Article A divided intrahepatic gallbladder in a cat Lawrence M. Bartlett, Lawrence M. Bartlett Department of Zoology, University of MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author Lawrence M. Bartlett, Lawrence M. Bartlett Department of Zoology, University of MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1951 https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091090408Citations: 3AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume109, Issue4April 1951Pages 715-721 RelatedInformation

EMPYEMA OF INTRAHEPATIC GALL-BLADDER: REPORT OF A CASE.1

Summary A case of empyema occurring in an intrahepatic gall-bladder is described and the relevant literature briefly reviewed. Two points particularly worthy of notice are the complete absence of any previous history of biliary disease and the very rapid progress to empyema formation from the onset of the first symptoms.