| Literature DB >> 18332954 |
John Griniatsos1, Ali A Riaz, Alberto M Isla.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ectopic liver tissue is occasionally found either attached to the gallbladder or elsewhere in the upper abdomen. CASE OUTLINES: A 49-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were found to have a tongue of liver tissue attached to the serosa of the gallbladder (but separate from the liver) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones. The ectopic liver was removed with the gallbladder and was histologically normal in each case. DISCUSSION: Several embryological hypotheses have been advanced to explain the development of ectopic liver. The anomaly is usually discovered incidentally at operation. Although the tissue is histologically normal.it can develop the same conditions as orthotopic liver.Entities:
Year: 2002 PMID: 18332954 PMCID: PMC2020551 DOI: 10.1080/13651820260503873
Source DB: PubMed Journal: HPB (Oxford) ISSN: 1365-182X Impact factor: 3.647