Wandering liver


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(Med.) a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Ectopic or wandering liver is exceedingly rare outside of the pediatric population and is generally confined to colonic interposition into the right upper quadrant or epigastric region [1-3].
Cade, "Hepatocolonic vagrancy: wandering liver with colonic abnormalities," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, vol.
Chavin, "A "wandering liver" in an infant," Pediatric Radiology, vol.
Cholecystectomy of an Intrahepatic Gallbladder in an Ectopic Pelvic Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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