“…The ectopic liver probably develops due to the regression and atrophy of the original connections between hepatocyte trabecules and native liver (ectopia in the gallbladder, ligamentum hepatogastricum) (14,15,16) or due to trapping the hepatocytes by adjacent mesenchyma while forming the liver sinusoids (from the cells of pars hepatica) and their subsequent migration to more distant areas (retroperitoneum, umbilicus, etc.) (17). In the case of dorsal budding of the liver tissue before closure of the pleuroperitoneal canal, ectopic liver may occur in the thoracic cavity (oesophagus, pericardium, pleura) (18,19).…”