ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS IN CAUDATE LOBE OF LIVER: A CADAVERIC STUDY
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56 livers were dissected and removed from cadavers of unknown age and sex, and their caudate lobes were studied in terms of their shapes, any fissures present and their extension of it. Photographs were taken and data were stored. It was found that different shapes of caudate lobes, like rectangular, square, triangular, oval and pyriform, were observed in 17, 5,9,5 and 10 livers, respectively. Irregular shapes of caudate lobes were noticed in 10 livers. Out of 56 livers, in 10 livers an extended papillary process was observed, and in 6 livers an extended caudate process was observed. In 5 caudate lobes, fissures were observed.
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Dr. Anjali Sabnis
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, K. J. Somaiya Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai-22.