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Heterotopic Auxiliary Rat Liver Transplantation With Flow-regulated Portal Vein Arterialization in Acute Hepatic Failure
Published on: September 13, 2014
[Adrenohepatic fusion - an unknown but not uncommon phenomenon of clinical importance]
Adam Stenman1, Jan Zedenius2, Carl Christofer Juhlin3
1med dr, ST-läkare i kirurgi, ME bröst, endokrina tumörer och sarkom, Karolinska universitetssjukhuset Solna.
Abstract:
Adrenohepatic fusion (AHF) is a union of the right adrenal gland and the liver with intermingling of parenchymal adrenal and liver cells. The phenomenon can be of clinical importance when evaluating patients with adrenal tumors. Using conventional imaging techniques such as computed tomography, a benign adrenal adenoma developing in an adrenohepatic fusion may mimic an invasive hepatocellular carcinoma or adrenal cortical carcinoma. This study presents a comprehensive review of the literature and shows a prevalence of 5.6 percent in autopsy studies. Moreover, 19 patients with adrenal masses in AHF are presented together with their clinical data.
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