Ectopic intrathoracic liver.
Accessory hepatic tissue, unlike accessory splenic and pancreatic tissue, is rare and has a limited and almost exclusively sub diaphragmatic distribution. Fewer than ten cases of intrathoracic ectopic liver have been reported so far in the literature. This paper reports a case that caused a diagnostic dilemma.
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton, UK.
Van der Avoirt
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D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery