Heterotopic liver in the right cardiac auricle.
Heterotopias in the heart are rare findings. The present case report describes heterotopic liver tissue in the right cardiac auricle of a 20-year-old man who died of coarctation of the aorta, incidentally discovered at autopsy. Another abnormal finding was a horseshoe kidney. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first report of heterotopic liver tissue in the cardiac auricles.
Brustmann
Hermann
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Department of Pathology, Landeskrankenhaus Mödling, Vienna, Austria.
D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male