Abstract
Incidental finding of accessory lobe of liver during sleeve gastrectomy: A case report and review of literature
Highlights
Various anatomical variants of the liver and gallbladder have been excellently described by Thomas Cullen almost a century ago [1]
Accessory lobes of liver (ALL), which was first described by Morgagni in 18th century [2], was one amongst the numerous variants that he has compiled from his extensive literature review
We present a case of incidental finding of an ALL during laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy and an extensive review of literature regarding etiology, incidence, and presentation of ALL [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
Summary
Various anatomical variants of the liver and gallbladder have been excellently described by Thomas Cullen almost a century ago [1]. Accessory lobes of liver (ALL), which was first described by Morgagni in 18th century [2], was one amongst the numerous variants that he has compiled from his extensive literature review. As per Cullen, accessory lobes can be connected to the rest of the liver by a liver pedicle or mesentery. He described that they have little clinical importance as they do not cause any symptoms, he mentioned a Case report of strangulation of the Accessory lobe. We present a case of incidental finding of an ALL during laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy and an extensive review of literature regarding etiology, incidence, and presentation of ALL [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. The ALL measured about 8.1 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
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