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This fibrous band extending from the lateral segment (segments II and III, see hepatic segmental atlas, frame 8) of the left lobe of the liver to the diaphragm and abdominal wall represents a remnant of the regressed left lobe of the embryonic liver. It is a variation that is occasionally present and may contain liver substance.
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The band is shown under tension applied by the laparoscopic probe beneath the left lobe of the liver.
References:
Bergman RA et. al., Compendium of Human Anatomic Variation, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore-Munich, 1988, p. 168.
Wind GG, Applied Laparoscopic Anatomy, Abdomen and Pelvis, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1997, pp. 20, 21.
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This page was last modified on 9/20/2004.
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