Home care/outpatient versus hospital admission in mild acute pancreatitis: protocol of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (PADI_2 trial).

Introduction: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is the third most common gastrointestinal disease resulting in hospital admission, with over 70% of AP admissions being mild cases. In the USA, it costs 2.5 billion dollars annually.

Left hepatic lobe agenesis, a rare anatomical condition.

Left hepatic lobe agenesis is a rare congenital disorder, first reported by Wakefield in 1898. Since then, less than 40 cases have been described in the literature. We present the case of a man with a left hepatic lobe agenesis diagnosed during the study of obstructive jaundice.