Phrygian cap (anatomy)

The Phrygian cap results from folding of the gallbladder fundus.

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. 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.

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.

External links

Phrygian cap of the gallbladder - Sonoworld

Anatomy of the liver, pancreas and biliary tree

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Bile ducts	Intrahepatic bile ducts Bile canaliculus Canals of Hering Interlobular bile ducts Left hepatic duct Right hepatic duct Common hepatic duct

Gallbladder	Cystic duct Common bile duct Ampulla of Vater Sphincter of Oddi Cells Cholecystocyte

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