title: Heterotopic supradiaphragmatic liver formation in association with congenital cardiac anomalies.
abstract: Heterotopic supradiaphragmatic liver formation is extremely rare. We studied a case of heterotopic liver in a 26-week fetus with severe cardiac and conotruncal anomalies. The cardiac anomalies are strikingly similar to those of a previously described patient with heterotopic supradiaphragmatic liver. The cardiac anomalies and heterotopic supradiaphragmatic liver formation may be mechanistically related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Metlay
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003964:Diaphragm; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology