Then Eric O, John Febin, Ofosu Andrew, Gaduputi Vinaya
Internal Medicine, Saint Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, USA.
Gastroenterology, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Affiliate of the Mount Sinai Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
Cureus. 2019 Feb 13;11(2):e4066. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4066.
Hepatic herniation through an abdominal incisional hernia is a rare phenomenon that has been seldom reported in the medical literature. When present, this may cause patients significant distress and is associated with complications such as hepatic encephalopathy and Budd-Chiari syndrome. Most cases can be managed conservatively through observation, but many cases require surgical intervention to preserve hepatic function. Our case consists of a 54-year-old man who presented with asymptomatic herniation of the left hepatic lobe through an abdominal incisional hernia.