Bowel obstructions are one of the main causes of hospital admissions for acute abdominal pain. In addition, bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. This said, bowel obstruction and bladder cancer are very frequent diseases but the same cannot be said about the association between these two pathologies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft-sided gallbladders are rare anatomical variations and a result of an abnormal embryological process. The most frequent cause for a sinistroposition gallbladder is the presence of . We present a case of a 51-year-old male referred to the General Surgery consult due to cholelithiasis with a history of occasional post-prandial abdominal pain in the left hypochondrium and nausea associated with the ingestion of lipid-rich meals.
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