As seen by the naked eye, the liver has four lobes: right lobe, left lobe, caudate lobe, and quadrate lobe. This lobe division is based on surface features. When looking at the front of the liver, the ...

Liver cysts are sacs in the liver that may contain fluid or a solid mass of cells. Most cysts on the liver are present from birth and do not cause symptoms. Sometimes, however, if the cysts become ...

I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I recently had another ...

Soejima Y (2006) Feasibility of left lobe living donor liver transplantation between adults: an 8-year, single-center experience of 107 cases. Am J Transplant 6: 1004–1011 Although adult-to-adult ...

The findings of two recent studies suggest that left lobe living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) could reduce the risk of death and complications in the donor, while maintaining good outcomes for ...