Ectopias and Heterotopies as Tumor-like Lesions of the Hepatobiliary Tract

Numerous types of ectopias and heterotopias located to the liver can result in tumor-like lesions. The presence of ectopic splenic tissue in various abdominal organs, including the liver, is termed splenosis. The liver can also contain various types of ectopic pancreatic tissue, ranging from exocrine lobules to small clusters of intrahepatic acinar cells. Adrenal cortex can ectopically adhere to the inferior-posterior capsule of the liver, a condition called adrenohepatic fusion. Other rare ectopic tissue components include thyroid gland ectopia, hepatogonadal fusion, hepatic endometriosis and endometrioma, and hepatic pregnancy. Similar content being viewed by others

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