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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2009, Article ID 674768, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/674768
Case Report

Gallbladder Agenesis and Cystic Duct Absence in an Adult Patient Diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Valeria Fiaschetti, Giovanna Calabrese, Silvia Viarani, Gabriele Bazzocchi, and Giovanni Simonetti

Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 81 Oxford street, 00133 Rome, Italy

Received 18 October 2009; Accepted 25 November 2009

Academic Editor: Eric M. Yoshida

Copyright © 2009 Valeria Fiaschetti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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