Hypoplastic Left Lobe of Liver with Accessory Caudate Lobe

During routine dissection, a liver from a cadaver of a female aged 50 years was observed to have hypoplastic left lobe, and on posterior surface an accessory caudate lobe was present to the left of main caudate lobe. It was separated by well-defined fissure from caudate lobe. The fissure for ligamen...

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Published in:Case Reports in Medicine 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.217-219-155
Main Author: Singh, Rajani
Format: Article
Language:English
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Causes of
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Embryology
Gallbladder
Hernias
Liver
Liver diseases
Morphology
Surgery
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Summary:During routine dissection, a liver from a cadaver of a female aged 50 years was observed to have hypoplastic left lobe, and on posterior surface an accessory caudate lobe was present to the left of main caudate lobe. It was separated by well-defined fissure from caudate lobe. The fissure for ligamentum venosum was present to the left of accessory caudate lobe. Porta hepatis was present below the new lobe. Prominent papillary process continued with caudate process which in turn is fused with right lobe of the liver. These developmental anomalies of liver may cause confusion during procedures like biopsy, transplantation, and lobectomies. This knowledge may be of immense use to clinicians for the diagnosis and management of hepatic diseases, morphologists and anatomists for new variant, and to embryologists for new developmental defect.
ISSN:1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI:10.1155/2013/604513