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Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Ectopic liver tissue is a rare entity, reported to occur in several intra-, retro- and extra- peritoneal sites, including the gallbladder. It is usually detected incidentally, during laparoscopy, laparotomy, or autopsy. Several possible mechanisms may explain the development of liver e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20126556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-6786 |
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author | Triantafyllidis, Ioannis Papapavlou, Leonidas Nikoloudis, Nikolaos Economou, Athanasios Andreadis, Efstathios Chrissidou, Maria Georgakis, Konstantinos Chrissidis, Thomas |
author_facet | Triantafyllidis, Ioannis Papapavlou, Leonidas Nikoloudis, Nikolaos Economou, Athanasios Andreadis, Efstathios Chrissidou, Maria Georgakis, Konstantinos Chrissidis, Thomas |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Ectopic liver tissue is a rare entity, reported to occur in several intra-, retro- and extra- peritoneal sites, including the gallbladder. It is usually detected incidentally, during laparoscopy, laparotomy, or autopsy. Several possible mechanisms may explain the development of liver ectopia. Although ectopic liver tissue is usually asymptomatic, it behaves like orthotopic liver, developing the same pathologic conditions. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 54-year-old woman who was found to have a nodule attached to the gallbladder wall without any connection with the main liver, during an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease. The nodule was removed with the gallbladder and identified histologically as normal ectopic liver tissue. CONCLUSION: It would seem sensible to resect the ectopic tissue if encountered during cholecystectomy for gallstones. Laparoscopic management of ectopic liver can be feasible. |
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spelling | pubmed-28142192010-02-01 Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report Triantafyllidis, Ioannis Papapavlou, Leonidas Nikoloudis, Nikolaos Economou, Athanasios Andreadis, Efstathios Chrissidou, Maria Georgakis, Konstantinos Chrissidis, Thomas Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Ectopic liver tissue is a rare entity, reported to occur in several intra-, retro- and extra- peritoneal sites, including the gallbladder. It is usually detected incidentally, during laparoscopy, laparotomy, or autopsy. Several possible mechanisms may explain the development of liver ectopia. Although ectopic liver tissue is usually asymptomatic, it behaves like orthotopic liver, developing the same pathologic conditions. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 54-year-old woman who was found to have a nodule attached to the gallbladder wall without any connection with the main liver, during an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease. The nodule was removed with the gallbladder and identified histologically as normal ectopic liver tissue. CONCLUSION: It would seem sensible to resect the ectopic tissue if encountered during cholecystectomy for gallstones. Laparoscopic management of ectopic liver can be feasible. BioMed Central 2009-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2814219/ /pubmed/20126556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-6786 Text en Copyright ©2009 Triantafyllidis et al; licensee Cases Network Ltd. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Triantafyllidis, Ioannis Papapavlou, Leonidas Nikoloudis, Nikolaos Economou, Athanasios Andreadis, Efstathios Chrissidou, Maria Georgakis, Konstantinos Chrissidis, Thomas Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title | Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title_full | Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title_fullStr | Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title_short | Ectopic Liver Tissue Attached to the Gallbladder Wall: a case report |
title_sort | ectopic liver tissue attached to the gallbladder wall: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20126556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-6786 |
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