Anatomical forms of Domestic Cat (Felis catus domesticus ) gall bladder in Egypt with its relation to their biliary system

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, faculty of veterinary medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

2 Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, faculty of veterinary medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

Abstract

In order to help veterinarians in application of surgical procedures in cat and detection of gall bladder disease so that, we gathered twenty-one domestic cats and concluded that three main forms were collected; single gall bladder, duplex fundus and bilobed gall bladder. Both the gall bladder forms and the hepatic ducts distribution were not related. The bile duct was constructed from the left and right hepatic ducts in addition to the cystic one. In some cases, we explored that a short common hepatic duct. Sonographically, the gall bladder ap- peared differ in conformance, encir- cled by echogenic wall and adjacent to the right medial lobe laterally and the quadrate lobe medially.

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