Abstract
Intrathoracic heterotopic liver tissue is an exceedingly rare clinical entity. In
most patients, it is associated with other congenital defects, including cardiac anomalies,
congenital diaphragmatic hernia, pectus excavatum, and intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
Although heterotopic liver could potentially lead to the same benign liver diseases
that can affect the mother liver, the association of heterotopic liver tissue with
tumors in childhood is extremely rare. We describe a unique case of cystic mesenchymal
hamartoma arising from an intrathoracic heterotopic liver that was found incidentally
during a diaphragmatic eventration repair. Association of ectopic liver tissue with
mesenchymal hamartoma has not previously been reported in the literature.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
July 20,
2012
Received in revised form:
June 29,
2012
Received:
March 30,
2012
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