The liver hilum, which some people know as the porta hepatis or hilum of the liver, is a fissure or opening between two sections, or lobes, of the liver. The liver hilum allows structures ...

The liver is the second largest organ in the body ... The lower pole of the kidney is about 7 cm out from the midline. The hilum is on the transpyloric plane, 5 cm from the midline.

Bile duct cancer can be divided into two groups based on their location ... and so are found outside the liver. Extrahepatic bile ducts have distal and hilum regions and cancer can form in ...