title: [Anatomy of the liver: what you need to know].
abstract: A precise knowledge of arterial, portal, hepatic and biliary anatomical variations is mandatory when a liver intervention is planned. However, only certain variations must be searched when a precise intervention is planned. The basic liver anatomy as well as the most relevant malformations will be precised.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, CHUM Pavillon Saint-Luc, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lafortune
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denys
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sauvanet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D009929:Organ Size; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color