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Agenesis of the left lobe of the liver: Radiologic findings

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We describe a case of agenesis of the left lobe of the liver. The patient was a 61-year-old man with a chief complaint of a continuous, blunt pain in the left side of the back. Examinations were conducted using ultrasonography (US), enhanced computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). No liver tissue or falciform ligament were visualized at the left portion of the gallbladder fossa. The portal and hepatic veins lacked left branches, and the right branches of the hepatic vein were dilated. Here we discuss the differential diagnosis of agenesis of the left lobe of the liver.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University of School of Medicine, 589-8511, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

    Yan Ling Wen, Masatoshi Kudo SJSUM, Hobyung Chung, Yasunori Minami, Youichiro Suetomi, Hirokaza Onda, Masayuki Kitano & Toshihiko Kawasaki SJSUM

  2. Abdominal Ultrasound Unit, Kinki University School of Medicine, 589-8511, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

    Kiyoshi Maekawa

  3. Department of Ultrasound, Memorial Hospital, Sun Yut-Sen University of Medical Science, 107 Yanjiangxi Road, 510120, Guangzhou, China

    Yan Ling Wen

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Wen, Y.L., Kudo, M., Chung, H. et al. Agenesis of the left lobe of the liver: Radiologic findings. J Med Ultrasonics 28, 181–183 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481355

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