Ectopic intrathoracic liver.

Pediatr Surg Int

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton, UK.

Published: July 2001

Accessory hepatic tissue, unlike accessory splenic and pancreatic tissue, is rare and has a limited and almost exclusively sub diaphragmatic distribution. Fewer than ten cases of intrathoracic ectopic liver have been reported so far in the literature. This paper reports a case that caused a diagnostic dilemma.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003830000520DOI Listing

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