title: A peculiar liver with surgically and radiologically important variations: a case report.
abstract: A peculiar liver was found in an adult male cadaver during a dissection class for undergraduate medical students. The quadrate lobe and fissure for the ligamentum teres were totally absent. Thus, the cystic notch on the inferior border was very broad and deep, and the fundus and body of the gall bladder popped out through this notch. The cystic duct terminated into the right hepatic duct at the porta hepatis instead of terminating into the common hepatic duct. Awareness of variations of the lobes and fissures may minimize a misdiagnosis of liver problems. The aim of the current study was to alert radiologists and surgeons about possible variations in the external appearance and anomalies of the lobes and fissures of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka State, India.
authors.forename: Satheesha B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Snigdha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Bincy M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Surekha D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Anitha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guru
authors.forename: Srinivasa S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aithal
keywords: Cystic duct; Ligamentum teres; Liver; Quadrate lobe
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