Abstract

An accessory liver lobe (hepar succenturiatum) is encountered more often on the right side. It is connected to the right liver lobe by a stalk containing blood vessels and bile ducts. The accessory lobe may be located beneath or above the diaphragm. Usually this malformation is asymptomatic. However, torsion of the stalk may lead to acute right upper quadrant pain, nausea and vomiting. Accessory liver lobes are very rare and are encountered more often in women. Congenital hepar lobatum with the formation of abnormal, coarse lobes may be regarded as an abortive form of an accessory liver lobe.

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