Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 11
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Left hepatic lobe agenesis, a rare anatomical condition

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8677/2022

Helena Gómez Facundo, Daniel Rolando Coronado Llanos, Pilar Lozano, Sergio González Martínez,

Abstract
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.
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Publication history

Received: 03/02/2022

Accepted: 18/02/2022

Online First: 08/03/2022

Published: 07/11/2022

Article Online First time: 33 days

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