title: The caudate lobe of the liver.
abstract: The caudate lobe of the liver is an independent segment straddling the right and left lobes of the liver. It is divided into 2 parts, right and left, indicated externally by the caudate and papillary processes. It is now possible to unvestigate it by ultrasonography and computed tomography, allowing its surgical excision for tumoral disease of the superior biliary confluence.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography