Open AccessLeft hepatic lobe agenesis, a rare anatomical condition
Author(s) -
Helena Facundo,
Daniel Rolando Coronado Llanos,
P. Paños Lozano,
Sergio González Martínez
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2022.8677/2022
Subject(s) - medicine , agenesis , lobe , left lobe , obstructive jaundice , anatomy , jaundice , radiology , cardiology
Left hepatic lobe agenesis is a rare congenital disorder, first reported by Wakefield in 1898. Since then, less than 40 cases have been described in the literature. We present the case of a man with a left hepatic lobe agenesis diagnosed during the study of obstructive jaundice.