HPB Surgery

Case Report

A Case of Hemorrhagic Necrosis of Ectopic Liver Tissue within the Gallbladder Wall

Review of literature demonstrating clinical presentation and outcomes of patients with ectopic liver tissue.


Source	Age	Location	Presentation	AFP	Liver	Outcome

Watanabe et al. [1]	71 y.o. female 54 y.o. male 39 y.o. female 56 y.o. male 64 y.o female 37 y.o. male	Gallbladder Left lobe liver Retroperitoneum Gallbladder Gallbladder Gallbladder	Epigastric pain Malaise Abdominal Distension Malaise Epigastric pain incidental	Normal NA Abnormal Normal NA NA	Cirrhosis Cirrhosis Cirrhosis Cirrhosis Cirrhosis Cystic liver lesions	NA NA NA NA NA NA

Seo et al. [2]	59 y.o. male	Gastrorenal ligament	Incidental	Normal	NA	Discharged

Mehta et al. [3]	54 y.o. female	Right middle/lower lobe of lung	Post orthotopic heart transplant	NA	NA	Discharged

Kubota et al. [4]	56 y.o. male	Pancreas	DM/pancreatic tumor	NA	NA	Discharged

Kamath et al. [5]	37 y.o. female	Left lobe liver through diaphragmatic hernia	Abdominal pain	NA	NA	Discharged

Triantafyllidis et al. [6]	56 y.o. female	Gallbladder	Biliary colic	NA	NA	Discharged

Kuo et al. [7]	64 y.o. female	Triangular ligament lesser curve stomach	Acute onset pain internal bleeding	Abnormal	HCC	Expired

Arakawa et al. [9]	64 y.o. male 48 y.o. male	Left lobe liver Gallbladder	Incidental Autopsy	Abnormal NA	HCC Cirrhosis	Expired Expired

Hamadani et al.	49 y.o. male	Gallbladder	Incidental	NA	Cirrhosis	Discharged