Abstract
An accessory lobe of the liver with long well defined mesentery presenting as recurrent pain in abdomen in a Hindu female is described. This is the seventh case recorded in English literature. The embryological genesis of this anomaly and the possibility of preoperative diagnosis by various techniques is discussed.
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