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A 77-year-old Japanese woman with torison of the gall-bladder was surgically treated. Perhaps because of its rarity, the diagnosis is seldom made clinically, the condition generally being recognized only at laparotomy. Discussed herein are the possibility of preoperative diagnosis of this condition and the usefulness of ultrasonotomography.
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Miyata, T., Masuda, H., Kido, H. et al. Torsion of the gallbladder. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 16, 298–301 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470941
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470941