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Ectopic/accessory liver tissue is a rare developmental anomaly thought to be due to abnormal development of the liver during embryogenesis. Most patients with ectopic liver tissue are asymptomatic, and the condition is usually discovered incidentally during intraabdominal surgery or autopsy. In rare symptomatic cases, patients' presentations can range from mild liver function test abnormalities to severe abdominal pain or discomfort secondary to torsion and ischemia. Here, we report 2 patients with ectopic liver tissue identified incidentally during cholecystectomy: one with histologic manifestations of sickle cell congestion and the other with steatohepatitis. A possible relationship between ectopic liver tissue and gallbladder and biliary diseases, such as cholecystitis, has been proposed. To the best of our knowledge, ectopic liver tissue with sickle cell congestion has not been reported previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zeolite, as a common adsorption material, should be safely treated after adsorbing different nuclear wastes. In this study, different types of simulated zeolite wastes were successfully immobilized based on the exploring result of suitable experiment conditions. Firstly, sintering temperature was selected based on TG‐DSC and phase results, which represented mainly as glassy phase. Then, the holding time was chosen through density and Vickers hardness results. For the sintering of zeolite, the suitable temperature is 1500℃ and the holding time is 1 h. Through the fitting process, FT‐IR results demonstrate that the main microstructures compose of sheet silicates. Three types of simulated zeolite wastes can successfully transform into matrix and all the waste contents were uniformly immobilized. Finally, SEM‐EDS results prove that the matrix is glass‐ceramic which can well immobilize the considered nuclear wastes. This work proposes the idea of treatment of zeolite adsorbed material as a potential nuclear waste glass‐ceramic matrix and the suitable conditions were also investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]