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Accessory hepatic lobe

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of the present communication was to describe an accessory hepatic lobe in two patients and to outline the significance of the timely identification of this very rare anatomic variation for the clinical practice.

Methods

In the course of right hemihepatectomy, accessory liver lobes were detected in two patients. Their diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and cholangiography.

Results

Both accessory hepatic lobes arose from the left liver segments. The first lobe was detected in a 56-year-old male operated on for a retroperitoneal liposarcoma. It amounted to 15% of the standard liver volume and was attached to liver segments 2 and 3 by a stalk. The second accessory lobe was found out in 45-year-old female operated on for a colon cancer and synchronous liver metastases. It was less than 15 g in weight and attached to the main liver by a mesentery as its bile duct drained into an extrahepatic duct.

Conclusions

The accessory hepatic lobes require timely diagnosis. They should be kept in mind in cases with acute surgical abdomen.

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Acknowledgments

The authors have greatly appreciated the critical suggestions of one anonymous reviewer enabling the improvement of their manuscript.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest and that they were not sponsored by any way for this study.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Naval Hospital of Varna, 3 Hristo Smirnenski Street, 9010, Varna, Bulgaria

    Daniel V. Kostov

  2. Division of Surgery, Marko Markov Interregional Dispensary and Hospital of Oncological Diseases of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria

    Georgi L. Kobakov

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Kostov, D.V., Kobakov, G.L. Accessory hepatic lobe. Surg Radiol Anat 33, 819–822 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-011-0818-6

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