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A Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Unresectable Liver Metastases: Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas (von Meyenburg Complexes)
oleh: David Fuks, Jean-Philippe Le Mouel, Denis Chatelain, Charles Sabbagh, Fabien Demuynck, Marie Brevet, Olivier Brehant, Eric Nguyen-Khac, Thierry Yzet, Frederic Dumont, Pierre Verhaeghe, Jean-Marc Regimbeau
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Diterbitkan: | Karger Publishers 2009-07-01 |
Deskripsi
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.