A Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Unresectable Liver Metastases: Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas (von Meyenburg Complexes)
| Autor: | Marie Brevet, David Fuks, Eric Nguyen-Khac, Frédéric Dumont, Olivier Brehant, Jean-Philippe Le Mouel, Denis Chatelain, Fabien Demuynck, Thierry Yzet, Charles Sabbagh, Pierre Verhaeghe, Jean-Marc Regimbeau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Multiple bile duct hamartomas Gastroenterology medicine.disease Published: July 2009 Hepatic malignancy Resection Unresectable liver metastases Breast cancer Stroma Liver biopsy Biopsy medicine lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology Radiology lcsh:RC799-869 business Von Meyenburg complexes |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 198-201 (2009) Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
| ISSN: | 1662-0631 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000220819 |
| Popis: | Von Meyenburg complexes (VMC) are a cluster of benign liver malformations including biliary cystic lesions, with congenital fibrocollagenous stroma. This rare entity can mimick multiple secondary hepatic lesions. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who had multiples liver lesions 12 years after operation for breast cancer. Biopsy of the hepatic lesion confirmed the diagnosis of VMC. Preoperative discovery of multiple gray-white nodular lesions scattered on the surface of the liver should not always contraindicate curative liver resection. The diagnosis of VMC should be known and confirmed with liver biopsy. |
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