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Beaver tail liver

Case contributed by Keshav Kulkarni
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Left iliac fossa pain.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Female
ct

Elongated left lobe of the liver occupying most of the under-surface of the left hemidiaphragm and in close contact with the spleen, pathognomonic of beaver tail liver.

Case Discussion

This is not an uncommon anatomical variation. 

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