1. Bile duct hamartomas--the von Meyenburg complex.
- Author
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Salles VJ, Marotta A, Netto JM, Speranzini MB, and Martins MR
- Subjects
- Adult, Bile Duct Diseases epidemiology, Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic, Cholecystitis, Acute epidemiology, Cholecystitis, Acute surgery, Cholelithiasis epidemiology, Cholelithiasis surgery, Female, Hamartoma epidemiology, Humans, Video Recording, Bile Duct Diseases pathology, Hamartoma pathology
- Abstract
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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- 2007