A Case of Caroli's Disease With Complete Atrophy Affecting Hepatic Segment

Agenesis of Right Lobe of Liver; A Rare Anomaly- A Case Report

“…6,16 Lobar agenesis is defined as congenital absence of or incomplete development of liver tissue of the right or left hepatic lobe without prior surgery or hepatic disease 11,16 but the agenesis should be differentiated from a lobar atrophy of right hepatic lobe caused by cirrhosis, choangiocarcinoma, idiopathic portal hypertension and anomalies of other biliary tracts. 9,18,19 Agenesis of right hepatic lobe is a rare congenital anomaly. 7,8 Advances and the increased use of noninvasive imaging techniques such as ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging led to more frequent detection of such variant anomaly.…”

A Case of Agenesis of the Right Lobe of the Liver

“…Agenesis of the right hepatic lobe should be differentiated from a lobar atrophy of the right hepatic lobe, caused by cirrhosis, cholangiocarcinoma 5 ) , idiopathic portal hypertension and other biliary tract diseases 6 ) . Among these diseases, that produce a lobar atrophy of the right hepatic lobe, severe right lobe atrophy, secondary to liver cirrhosis and cholangiocarcinoma, often become an issue in the differential diagnosis of the right lobe agenesis 7 ) .…”