Gallbladder volvulus: Review of the literature and report of three cases

Torsion of the gallbladder is a relatively rare surgical disease which mimics acute cholecystitis'' symptoms that usually would not be respondable to medical therapies. The torsion would mostly be diagnosed intra operatively. Cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice. In general in our centre, General Surgery department, Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad, Iran, since 1986 over 14000 cholecystectomies have been performed and 3 cases with an underlying cause of gallbladder torsion are documented. The relative literatures reviewed so then the presentation, paraclinical findings, and the treatment of gallbladder volvulus are discussed. Gallbladder volvulus: Review of the literature and report of three cases.