Von Meyenburg Complex or Liver Metastasis? Case Report and Literature Review

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Silveira, I (Author) Other; Mota, F (Author) Other; Ferreira, JP (Author) ICBAS; Dias, R (Author) Other; Leuschner, P (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Acta Medica Portuguesa

Vol. 27 No. 4

Pages: 271-273

ISSN: 0870-399X

Publisher: Ordem dos Medicos

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Authenticus ID: P-009-YQC

DOI: 10.20344/amp.4274

Abstract (EN): Hepatic lesions represent a common finding in clinical practice. Bile ducts hamartomas, also known as Von Meyenburg complex, are benign hepatic malformations composed of small dilated cystic bile ducts lined by fibrous stroma. They represent a rare and asymptomatic clinic-pathological entity. Imagiological findings are variable, and may present as multiple small scattered lesions, or rarely as a single nodule. These findings may resemble secondary lesions and, although benign, there are cases of progression to colangiocarcinoma. Thus it is important to include this complex in the differential diagnoses of focal hepatic lesions, being necessary a detailed investigation for their differentiation. This case represents an atypical presentation of a rare and not frequently considered entity in clinical practice.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3