Choriostoma (Heterotopic Liver is it of Concern)

Liver developed embryological as bud from gastrointestinal tube, by fifth week of intrauterine life the liver will be fully formed organ, because of unknown aberration in the growth of the liver, bud from liver may go missed anywhere in the abdominal or thoracic cavity and stay away from the mother liver, the common site where ectopic liver tissue found is on the gall bladder, four cases of ectopic liver tissue were reported over period of 26 years of general surgery practice at our institution, in all cases the ectopic liver were on the gall bladder, discovered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and one case were discovered during diagnostic laparoscopy for trauma patient, in three cases ectopic liver were removed with the gall bladder and sent to the histopathology, none of the three were found with malignant change .in the forth case laparoscopy was done for trauma, and small ectopic liver tissue was seen attached to the gall bladder and was not causing symptom it was left alone.