Phrygian cap (anatomy)

In medicine, a Phrygian cap is the folded portion of some gallbladders that resembles the Phrygian cap (a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward, associated in antiquity with the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region of central Anatolia). It is a normal anatomical variant seen in 1-6% of patients.^{[citation needed]} It is caused by a fold in the gallbladder where the gallbladder fundus joins the gallbladder body.^[1] Apart from the chance of being mistaken for stones on a sonogram, it has no other medical implications nor does it predispose one to other diseases.^{[citation needed]} However, due to potential decrease in bile flow, it may warrant a preventative removal of the gallbladder. ^[2]

CT scan showing a phrygian cap

References

^ Meilstrup JW, Hopper KD, Thieme GA (December 1991). "Imaging of gallbladder variants". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 157 (6): 1205–8. doi:10.2214/ajr.157.6.1950867. PMID 1950867.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ . 2003. PMID 3211669 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211669. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[pmid1950867-1] Meilstrup JW, Hopper KD, Thieme GA (December 1991). "Imaging of gallbladder variants". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 157 (6): 1205–8. doi:10.2214/ajr.157.6.1950867. PMID 1950867.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[pmid3211669-2] . 2003. PMID 3211669 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211669. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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