Agenesis of the left lobe of liver ‐ A rare anomaly with associated hepatic arterial variations

Agenesis of the left hepatic lobe undergoing laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

“…Agenesis of the liver is clinically asymptomatic with normal liver function [10, 11]. In this case, abdominal CT incidentally revealed agenesis of the left hepatic lobe during an examination for epigastralgia.…”

Extra‐ and intra‐hepatic vascular anatomy in the agenesis of the left lobe of the liver

“…I read the article ''Agenesis of the left Lobe of Liver-A Rare Anomaly with Associated Hepatic Arterial Variations'' by Prithishkumar and Kanakasabapathy (2010) published in ''Clinical Anatomy'' with great interest. It is a great opportunity for a morphologist to encounter this type of anatomical abnormality of the liver associated with vascular variations.…”

“…Prithishkumar and Kanakasabapathy (2010) reported complete agenesis of the liver to the left of the falciform ligament, in which the main morphological features emphasized were: five separate nodules of liver tissue situated close to the porta hepatis, the right lobe of the liver was abnormal in shape with a poorly defined inferior border, the caudate lobe was grossly enlarged and showed a tongue like hypertrophy of the caudate process, gross alterations in the hepatic arterial pattern, the gall bladder, cystic duct, left and right hepatic ducts, common hepatic duct, and common bile duct were present and of normal size, the hepatic portal vein (HPV) divided into left and right branches of equal size at the porta hepatis, the right, middle, and left hepatic veins were present and drained into the inferior vena cava.…”

MRI rare finding: Absence of the left liver lobe

“…As suggested by Prithishkumar et al [1], variations of liver morphology may be due to a partial arrest of development of the hepatic epithelial trabeculae in the left lobe of liver at developmental stage 13 or 14 [12], [13]. From the stage 13 begins the development of tissue architecture of the liver.…”

“…Few cases have been described in the literature [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. Absence of a lobe of the liver can be due to several events, such as neoplasia, chronic damage, trauma, prior surgical resection, and agenesis [5].…”