title: Rare entity: Ectopic liver tissue in the wall of the gallbladder - A case report.
abstract: Ectopic liver tissue (ELT) is a rare condition, which is usually not diagnosed preoperatively, but coincidentally during abdominal surgery. While the location of ELT can vary, it is usually localized on the gallbladder wall or in close proximity. ELT is associated with various complications, a major complication being extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma. A 59-year-old female underwent elective surgery for chronic cholecystitis with stones. During laparoscopic exploration, a 2-cm-diameter ELT was detected in the anterior gallbladder wall and a laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed. The case is presented due to the rare nature of ELT and as a reminder of ELT-related complications.
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Altintoprak
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kursat R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Serin
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kivilcim
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yalkin
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.affiliation: Yusuf Arslan, Fatih Altintoprak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Orhan V Ozkan, Fehmi Celebi, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fehmi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Celebi
keywords: Ectopic liver tissue; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy