Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim St., Mobile, AL 36617, USA.
Pediatr Radiol. 2010 Aug;40(8):1443-5. doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1586-x. Epub 2010 Mar 9.
A wandering liver has been described throughout modern medical literature as a rare entity. During the last few years, an increasing number of cases have been reported associated with colonic volvulus. We report a 17-year-old with a hypermobile liver seen on multiple radiographs and CT. The intraoperative findings demonstrated the liver in its normal anatomic position. We suggest that this entity is more common than thought, and the rise in incidence is likely secondary to increased utilization of pre-operative imaging of patients with colonic obstruction. Increased suspicion might result in further increased incidence of this exceedingly rare entity.
游走肝在现代医学文献中被描述为一种罕见的实体。在过去的几年中,越来越多的病例与结肠扭转有关。我们报告了一例 17 岁的患者,在多次 X 光片和 CT 上均显示肝脏活动度增加。术中发现肝脏位于正常解剖位置。我们认为这种情况比想象的更为常见,发病率的上升可能是由于结肠梗阻患者术前影像学检查的应用增加所致。提高警惕可能会导致这种极其罕见实体的发生率进一步增加。