HPB Surgery
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 407206, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/407206
Case Report

Case Hepatic Endometriosis: A Continuing Diagnostic Dilemma

P. J. Goldsmith,1 N. Ahmad,1 D. Dasgupta,1 J. Campbell,2 J. A. Guthrie,3 and J. P. A. Lodge1

1Hepatobiliary and Transplant Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
3Department of Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

Received 19 March 2009; Accepted 17 May 2009

Academic Editor: Daniel Jaeck

Copyright © 2009 P. J. Goldsmith et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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