title: Abdominal Pain due to a Wandering Liver.
abstract: Wandering liver syndrome is an extremely rare congenital disorder. It is mainly diagnosed within the first years of life. Herein we report the case of a 40-year-old woman with hepatoptosis due to the absence of anatomical peritoneal attachments of the liver. Surgical treatment consisted in inserting the floppy right lobe of the liver in a subphrenic retroperitoneal pouch. This original technique provided excellent postoperative result.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruneau
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista Levi
authors.initials: GBL
authors.lastname: Sandri
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayar
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sulpice
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. karim.boudjema@chu-rennes.fr.|Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive, Pontchaillou, Université de Rennes 1, F-35033, Rennes, France. karim.boudjema@chu-rennes.fr.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boudjema
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Hepatoptosis; Liver surgery; Wandering liver