Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex

von Meyenburg complexes are hamartomas that arise from intra-hepatic bile ducts. Symptomatic lesions are uncommon and giant lesions are exceedingly rare. When encountered, they should be excised because there are reports of malignant change in large, symptomatic lesions. We report a case of a sympto...

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Autores principales: Singh, Yardesh, Cawich, Shamir O., Ramjit, Chunilal, Naraynsingh, Vijay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28068648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw195
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author Singh, Yardesh
Cawich, Shamir O.
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description von Meyenburg complexes are hamartomas that arise from intra-hepatic bile ducts. Symptomatic lesions are uncommon and giant lesions are exceedingly rare. When encountered, they should be excised because there are reports of malignant change in large, symptomatic lesions. We report a case of a symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex.
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spelling pubmed-52216042017-01-12 Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex Singh, Yardesh Cawich, Shamir O. Ramjit, Chunilal Naraynsingh, Vijay J Surg Case Rep Case Report von Meyenburg complexes are hamartomas that arise from intra-hepatic bile ducts. Symptomatic lesions are uncommon and giant lesions are exceedingly rare. When encountered, they should be excised because there are reports of malignant change in large, symptomatic lesions. We report a case of a symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex. Oxford University Press 2016-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5221604/ /pubmed/28068648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw195 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title_full Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title_fullStr Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title_full_unstemmed Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title_short Rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von Meyenburg complex
title_sort rare liver tumor: symptomatic giant von meyenburg complex
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28068648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw195
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