Intra-adrenal hepatic heterotopia.
The second case of intra-adrenal hepatic heterotopia is described in a normally structured male fetus stillborn at 26 weeks of gestation. The liver nodule, incidentally found in a random histological section of the right adrenal, was not encapsulated and blended with the adjacent fetal cortex. It consisted of cords of immature hepatocytes with abundant sinusoids and widespread hemopoiesis. Abnormalities included absence of a hexagonal pattern, incomplete portal tracts with dilated veins only, lack of bile ducts and canaliculi, and apparent failure of bile formation and glycogen deposition.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000473:pathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy