An Incidental Discovery of the Intrathoracic Accessory Liver Lobe in a 72-Year-Old Man: Case Report and Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Detailed Case Description
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Polikarpova, A.; Bains, H.K.; Thomson, S.; Gao, Y.; Morris, D.L. An Incidental Discovery of the Intrathoracic Accessory Liver Lobe in a 72-Year-Old Man: Case Report and Literature Review. Surgeries 2024, 5, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries5010010
Polikarpova A, Bains HK, Thomson S, Gao Y, Morris DL. An Incidental Discovery of the Intrathoracic Accessory Liver Lobe in a 72-Year-Old Man: Case Report and Literature Review. Surgeries. 2024; 5(1):84-91. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries5010010
Chicago/Turabian StylePolikarpova, Aleksandra, Harinder K. Bains, Samuel Thomson, Yijun Gao, and David L. Morris. 2024. "An Incidental Discovery of the Intrathoracic Accessory Liver Lobe in a 72-Year-Old Man: Case Report and Literature Review" Surgeries 5, no. 1: 84-91. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries5010010