2. What are the principal developmental anomalies of the gallbladder and bile ducts which may present to the surgeon during cholecystectomy?
Correct answer: (1) A long cystic duct travelling alongside the common hepatic duct to open near the duodenal orifice. (2) Congenital absence of the gallbladder.(3) Congenital obliteration of the ducts (biliary atresia, one of the causes of neonatal jaundice).(4) Absence…
1. Developmentally, how do the gallbladder, liver and hepatic ducts form?
Correct answer: A diverticulum grows out from the ventral wall of the foregut (primitive duodenum), which differentiates into the hepatic ducts and the liver. A lateral bud from this diverticulum becomes the gallbladder and cystic duct.
