A Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Unresectable Liver Metastases: Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas (von Meyenburg Complexes)

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...

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Autores principales: Fuks, David, Le Mouel, Jean-Philippe, Chatelain, Denis, Sabbagh, Charles, Demuynck, Fabien, Brevet, Marie, Brehant, Olivier, Nguyen-Khac, Eric, Yzet, Thierry, Dumont, Frederic, Verhaeghe, Pierre, Regimbeau, Jean-Marc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2009
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Published: July 2009
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000220819
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Sumario: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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