title: "Wandering liver" in a neonate: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Wandering liver describes the phenomenon where the liver moves freely from the right side of the abdomen to the left. It is believed to be associated with a persistent ventral mesentery, and most reported cases were diagnosed during investigations of intestinal obstruction. The operative findings describe lax or absent suspensory ligaments of the liver and a long colonic mesentery. There are only a few presentations of asymptomatic wandering liver, and there is no clear course of treatment of those cases. We present a case of wandering liver in a prematurely born neonate and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. jan.f.svensson@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Jan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Titus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schlinzig
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media