Bile duct hamartomas-the von Meyenburg complex

Hamartomas of the bile duct (von Meyenburg complex) are benign neoplasms of the liver, constituted histologically cystic dilatations of the bile duct, encompassed by fibrous stroma. We report a 42-year-old female patient with symptomatic cholecystitis, whose gross and ultrasonic appearance suggestiv...

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Published inHepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 108 - 109
Main Authors Salles, Valdemir José Alegre, Marotta, Alexandre, Netto, Jorge Miguel Kather, Speranzini, Manlio Basílio, Martins, Marcos Roberto
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore 01.02.2007
Subjects
Adult
bile
Bile Duct Diseases - epidemiology
Bile Duct Diseases - pathology
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Cholecystitis, Acute - epidemiology
Cholecystitis, Acute - surgery
Cholelithiasis - epidemiology
Cholelithiasis - surgery
complex
cyst
duct
Female
hamartoma
Hamartoma - epidemiology
Hamartoma - pathology
hepatic
Humans
Meyenburg
nonparasitic
surgery
von
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Summary:Hamartomas of the bile duct (von Meyenburg complex) are benign neoplasms of the liver, constituted histologically cystic dilatations of the bile duct, encompassed by fibrous stroma. We report a 42-year-old female patient with symptomatic cholecystitis, whose gross and ultrasonic appearance suggestive of multiple liver metastases. Magnetic resonance imaging and liver biopsy are the gold standards for diagnosis of this rare hepatobiliary condition.
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Valdemir José Alegre Salles, Alexandre Marotta, Jorge Miguel Kather Netto, Manlio Basílio Speranzini and Marcos Roberto Martins University of Taubaté, Department of Medicine, So Paulo, Brazil
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ISSN:1499-3872