title: Isolated rupture of an accessory liver from blunt abdominal trauma in childhood.
abstract: An accessory liver is uncommonly encountered in surgical practice. It can rarely cause acute abdominal pain. An isolated injury to an accessory liver from blunt trauma in a 10-year-old boy caused major intraperitoneal haemorrhage. Laparotomy and excision of the lacerated accessory liver lobe was necessary; the patient recovered uneventfully. The literature on accessory liver is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Abu Teaching Hospital, PMB 2016, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Garba
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ameh
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*