Wandering liver and intestinal malrotation: first report
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Wandering liver and intestinal malrotation: first report
A wandering liver is a rare development in both the adult and pediatric population where the liver is freely displaced along a transverse axis. We describe the first known occurrence in published literature of a wandering liver in an adult individual who also had an intestinal malrotation complicated by a midgut volvulus. The abnormal ability for a liver to wander presents a highly unusual anat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2198-7793
DOI: 10.1186/s40792-016-0205-y