title: Accessory lobes of the liver: A report of 3 cases and review of the literature.
abstract: This article is about 3 cases of accessory lobes of the liver. Case One involved a pedunculated accessory lobe of the liver (ALL), Case Two involved a true ectopic liver, and Case Three involved a sessile accessory lobe of the liver. All 3 cases were diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and confirmed by surgical and histological examination. The pertinent literature on accessory lobes of the liver is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Chenglin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Ziqin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Heyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Qianhua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Zhidong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
keywords: Accessory lobe of the liver (ALL); computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance image (MRI)