Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

A Tongue-like Projection of the Left Lobe in Human Liver, Accompanied with Lienorenal Venous Shunt and Intrahepatic Arterial Anastomosis

“…However, in 2507o of the cases, small anastomotic channels between the right and left segments of the hepatic arteries existed at the porta hepatis and the umbilical fissure in the subcapsular and extrahepatic positions. Healey and Sorensen (1953) and Lichtman (1953) also pointed that the subcapsular branches, which were distributed in the fibrous sheath of the liver, communicated with the extrinsic arteries of the inferior phrenic artery at the fossa of the ligamentum venosum in most cases.…”

Assessment of Liver Size

“…In 2 cases, a liver as small as 550-610 ml/m2 was palpated 1-2 fingerbreadths; in one there was a dissecting aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, in the other a mammary carcinoma with m étastasés, the palpability being explained by dis location of the liver. A low-standing diaphragm in emphysema, and extensive respiratory movements of the diaphragm in well-trained healthy persons influencing the palpability [1,4] are found even in our m aterial. On the other hand, where an enlarged liver of more than 1100 ml/m2 has been recorded as non-palpable, a thin border is more (1) frequent (27%) and a blunt one less frequent (14%) than in the m aterial as a whole.…”

“…In the literature, changes in size of the liver are know'll to occur in various diseases including those not classified as liver disease, in intoxications, and after the use of medicaments [1], and liver affec tions have been recorded in clinical and pathologists' studies in a great variety of conditions. It is thus understandable that, in our m aterial, slight changes in size have been frequent.…”

Liver Biopsy Findings in Children with Nutritional Dystrophy

“…Plant cell-like appearance of the hepatic cells was found in 22 cases ( Cases 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,24,26,27 and 28). There was plenty of glycogen, but no neutral fat was demonstrated in the hepatic cells which showed plant cell-like appearance in hematxylin-eosin stain (Cf.…”