title: Accessory lobe of right liver mimicking a pulmonary tumor in an adult male.
abstract: We describe a rare case of ectopic liver tissue in the right thoracic cavity. A 39-year-old man with a suspected lung tumor underwent thoracotomy. The intraoperative finding revealed an accessory liver lobe connected to the right lobe of the liver by a small pedicle that pierced the diaphragm. A pathologic evaluation confirmed the specimen to be hepatic tissues. In retrospect, the correct diagnosis of accessory liver could have been achieved using appropriate radiologic investigations if this possibility had been considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Junlin
authors.forename: Wei-guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jian-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed