Heterotopic gastric mucosa in the gallbladder: case report and literature review.

Introduction: we report on a case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the neck of the gallbladder and we also review 95 other reports of HGM in the gallbladder in the international medical literature from 1977.

Aim: to evaluate the gold standard treatment in heterotopic gastric mucosa of the gallbladder by the analysis of literature, compared with our anecdotal experience.

Patient And Method: a 43-year-old man, who was recently symptomatic, visited our hospital to submit to laparoscopic cholecistectomy for cholelithiasis.